
FOX23 Health Alert
Animal vs. vegetable protein
Your body creates protein from 13 building blocks called 'amino (uh-MEE-no) acids.' When you eat protein, whether from a T-bone steak or from a vegetarian source such as rice and beans, it's digested into the individual amino acids and reconstructed into the protein your body needs.
Artificial color additives
Certain coloring agents, approved by the U-S Food and Drug Administration, can legally be added to food, drugs, and cosmetics. Coloring is added by manufacturers strictly to make the food, drug, or cosmetic look more appealing.
Cancer and nutrition
People are realizing that the best 'cure' for cancer is not just early detection, but prevention. Research is continuing to establish that what you eat may contribute to your getting cancer and, conversely, other foods may protect against many forms of the disease.
Carbohydrates (car-buh-HIGH-druts) are the starches and sugars in the diet that are used by the body primarily to supply energy. Carbohydrates is considered an 'essential nutrient,' asubstance the body is unable to make on its own, so it must be obtained from food.
Carbohydrates and glucose
Controlling your weight
Credentials of registered dieticians
Defensive dining
Definition and classification of vitamins
Vitamins are compounds that you need in small amounts to remain healthy and function normally. They help regulate the chemical reactions the body undergoes to convert food into energy and for tissue repair and regeneration.
Diet and menstrual cycle
Hormonal shifts that occur every month in women during reproductive years can cause physical symptoms and changes in mood, both prior to and during the menstrual (MEN-struhl) period.
Essential nutritients
A 'nutrient' (NOO-tree-unt) is a substance you get from food. It's used by the body for growth, maintenance, or repair of tissues. There are six categories of nutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, and water.
Fiber importance
Fluoride (FLOOR-ide) is an essential trace mineral found in bones, teeth, and body fluids. If it's present when bones and teeth develop, it makes them more resistant to decay and to diseases such as osteoporosis (ah-stee-oh-puh-ROE-sus).
Food groups
How diet affects moods
How fat is used
How protein affects growth and maintenance
How to choose nutritious foods
Increasing scientific evidence indicates that what you eat can positively impact your health and well-being. Studies also show that foods high in fat and sugar and low in fiber and complex carbohydrates are increasingly linked with a variety of diseases.
Hunger problems in the United States
Importance of water intake
More than 60 percent of iodine (EYE-uh-dine) in the body is found in the thyroid (THIGH-royd) gland, located near the throat. Thyroid hormones control energy metabolism, body temperature, reproduction, and growth.
Iron (EYE-urn) is one of the most abundant materials in nature, and it's a substance essential to normal body structure and function. Iron is one of the major components of hemoglobin (HEE-muh-globe-un), the oxygen-carrying component in the blood.
Lecithin and cholesterol
Lecithin (LEH-suh-thun) is a waxy material found in the protective sheath that surrounds nerve fibers and plays a vital role in keeping the nervous system healthy.
M-S-G is the abbreviation for 'monosodium glutamate' (MON-uh-so-dee-um GLUE-tuh-mate). It's a form of glutamic (glue-TAM-ick) acid, one of the amino acids that help build proteins.
Nutrient density
Performance food
Potassium (puh-TAS-see-um) helps nerves transmit messages, aids digestive enzymes, guides normal growth, and ensures proper muscle functioning, including that of the heart.
Protein and energy
Irradiation is the process of exposing foods--including spices, fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, and poultry--to gamma rays, X-rays, or electrons to kill harmful micro-organisms and insect larvae (LAR-vuh) without having to use chemicals or preservatives.
RDA and protein
RDA/Food pyramid
In 1990, Congress passed the 'Nutrition Labeling and Education Act' to clear up confusion over food labels. The 'Recommended Dietary Allowances,' or R-D-A's are the most commonly used guidelines for determining how much of each vitamin and mineral people need to prevent deficiencies.
Salt intake
Salt can adversely affect your health by causing blood pressure to increase, When you eat salt, your body works to keep its salt level at a constant concentration, so it increases water retention to dilute the salt content.
Simple eating tips
Scientific evidence proves that what you eat can make a significant difference in your health and well-being. Eating well doesn't have to be complicated.
Starch and fiber
Sugar and starch
Carbohydrates (car-buh-HIGH-druts) are the sugars and starches in the diet. 'Complex' carbohydrates are starches in their unrefined form. They include potatoes, pasta, rice, beans, whole wheat bread, and apples.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A was the first vitamin to be discovered and named, back in 1913. Scientists noticed that animals whose diets lacked certain foods got inflamed eyes.
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
The oldest known nutrient-deficiency disease, called scurvy (SKUR-vee), was commonly diagnosed in sailors and was easily cured by eating citrus fruit.
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin E was discovered in the 1920's and is the name for a group of eight fat-soluble compounds called the tocopherols (toe-KAH-fer-uls), of which D-Alpha tocopherol has the most value to humans as an antioxidant.
Vitamin K
Vitamin K was first identified by a Danish scientist in 1929, who noticed that chicks fed diets lacking in a certain substance were slow to form blood clots.
Water supplies
Zinc is a component of several enzymes in your body that aid metabolism and reside primarily in your bones. It's also part of the hormone insulin, and it helps transport Vitamin A.
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