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Nutrition

What we eat as well as how much we eat determines our nutrition status to an important extent,and both are influenced by a diversity of external and internal factors.The person who wants to find the answer to the question “what should I eat for good nutrition?” might easily become lost in the maze of informational corridors,confused by the wealth of technical information provided by scientists or mislead by simplistic answers provided by those with products to sell.Somewhere in between is some reasonable,commonsense information that we can use to guide us our quest for sound nutrition knowledge.

To begin,we need to learn some definitions of commonly used nutrition terms and find out what sorts of guidelines are available to help us measure the quality of our diets and to develop healthful eating patterns.

The word nutrition is often paired with the word food because the two go together.They are interdependent,but _disibledevent=folic acid)

pantothenic acid泛酸

pyridoxine吡哆醇,吡哆素,維生素B6

biotin生物素

macroelement常量元素

microelement微量元素

sodium鈉

phosphorus磷,phosphorous磷的,亞磷的,含磷的

nutritional營養的

pregnant懷孕的,懷胎的,[喻]孕育著的,充滿的,富有的;意義深長的,含蓄的;富於想象力的,有創造力的;富於成果的,多產的

lactate分泌乳汁;喂奶,授乳;乳酸鹽(或酯)calcium~乳酸鈣

intake吸入,納入,收納;納入(數)量;(水、氣體流入溝、管的)入口;被收納的東西;[醫]攝取~of food食物攝取

genetic創始的,發生的;遺傳學的

chronic長期的,慢性的;慣常的,經常的;劇烈的,頑固的;患慢性病的人

chronic infection傳染,侵染;傳染病;影響,感染

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Food nutrition and health

An important part related to the function of the products is nutrition and health.Provision of calories has dominated the food industry for many years.Firstly the basic need was to provide calories and then in recent years,the push to reduce calories.Early products in small groceries at the beginning of the 20th century were bread,butter and margarine,sugar,jam,bacon,beef suet-all high energy foods.In contrast at the end of the century,supermarkets now sell low-fat milks,trimmed pork and so on.There will always be ‘calorie' foods but the question is what calories they should provide in the next 50 years? Together with calorie foods,came protein foods-legumes,dairy products,meat and fish.It has taken some time to raise the amount of protein in the diet and even in the developed countries there are poor people who are not getting adequate amounts of protein.Legumes and cereals are the cheapest protein foods and these may be stronger areas for protein product development,but of course dairy products,meat and fish will remain major areas for product development for more affluent consumers.There are many more nutrients needed as well as the basic calories and protein,and there have been specific foods designed with fiber,vitamin and mineral enrichments.There is recent re-emphasis on what might be termed the older deficiencies such as calcium,iodine and iron.There will always be foods designed with this supplementation as there have been in the past.