Once again I
welcome you all to learn definition to nutritional terms. Today’s topic is
about understanding nutritional terms, What? Nutritional terms! No it’s so
boring and difficult to understand. Guys
wait! Wait! Wait! If you think like so, this post will surely makes you to tell
“It is so easy than what I thought of! Knowing definition of nutritional terms
help you healthy living.
“Understanding
the nutritional terminology makes you more self efficacy and self confident to
plan your healthy diet” and also customize it according to your needs. Oh!
It’s nice to hear.
Calories:
Measurement of energy i.e.amount of
calories burnt is amount of energy utilized.
We get calories mainly from our
Macro-nutrients.Balanced diet:
The food we eat should meet out all
the nutrients in required quantity for our body to do its normal functions.
Body mass index (BMI):
Index helps us that we are in
appropriate weight. It is calculated by taking our body weight in kilograms
divided by square of our height in centimeters
Basal metabolic rate (BMR):
It is the amount of energy i.e.
calories required by our body to do it’s normal functions and activities at
rest.
Metabolism:
Chemical process of breaking down of
complex substances to simple ones or building of simple substances to complex
ones which is called catabolism and anabolism respectively together called as
metabolism.
Recommended daily intake (RDI):
Quantity of each nutrient to be
taken in correct amount in accordance to age and sex to maintain our normal
bodily functions. It is also called as recommended daily allowance (RDA).
Are you
taking all nutrients as per RDI. Taking more or taking less think about it! If
not taken properly at least follow RDI from now.
Daily value (DV):
Usually seen in label of nutrition
content of food products. It is based upon the values of RDI/RDA.
Please do
check when purchasing the food products! For healthy living.
Upper tolerable limit (UL):
Maximum amount of any nutrient that
can be taken. If taken more the this level it leads to harmful effects.
Free radicals:
Substances produced by our body
after metabolism which can damage cells in our body. It is also produced due to
smoking, alcohol intake, and some external factors.
Antioxidants:
Substances counter acts the free
radical thus makes us healthy and young. Wow! From now I take antioxidants rich
food.
Glycemic index (GI):
Index helps us to know how different
carbohydrate foods effect blood glucose level.
1. Low
GI-slow, steady and consistent increase in blood glucose level-prevent diabetes
2. High GI-
rapid raise in blood glucose level- Risk of getting diabetes.
Essential fatty acids:
These nutrients can’t be produced
completely by our body and can be provided by diet which helps in hormonal
functions and other various functions as well. Two types are
1. Linolenic acid-omega-3 fatty acid.
2. Linoleic acid-omega-g fatty acid.
Trans fat:
Produced by hydrogenation that is
oil (watery sate) is converted to semi solid state.
Trans-fat is
one of the worst substances in our food. So avoid it. It is one of the
important nutrition definitions in recent times.
Additives:
Substance added to improve flavor,
color, texture or preserve for longer period of any food.
Fortified:
Nutrients added to food which doesn’t have by its own.
E.g. Iodine
added to salt.
Enriched:
Nutrients are added to food products
after processing since during processing the nutrients have lost.
E.g.
Nutrients added to wheat flour after processed from wheat grains.
Vegan:
Person who don’t consume animal
products.
Phyto-chemical:
It is a plant compound e.g.
flavinoids, careotinoids.
BMR and Body weight:
As
a general people with low BMR usually obese and people with high BMR usually
lean.
Oh! This is
new. Think about it and how improve our BMR.
I
hope this post will surely help you to be healthy. Stay-tuned! to my blog and
be healthy.
For
more information please find here by clicking→ FAO (Food and agriculturalorganization of UN).
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