Nutrition 101
Topic outline
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Dears,
Welcome to Nutrition and Healthy Eating Training Course,
The Aim of this course is:
- Understand which foods make up a healthy, well-balanced diet.
- Understand the roles that protein, fat and carbohydrate play in the diet, plus the best foods to eat in order to obtain these nutrients.
- Understand the importance of essential vitamins and minerals and know where they can be found.
- Know how to use the Eatwell Guide to create a balanced diet and healthy menu.
- Have an awareness of how a poor diet can negatively impact health and wellbeing.
- Understand the different nutritional requirements that people may have and know how to cater for them.
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What is nutrition? The Eatwell Guide, key terms, malnutrition, energy and your responsibilities.
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High and low quality proteins, combining and balancing proteins, visible and invisible fats, fatty acids, simple and complex carbohydrates, balancing carbohydrates and dietary fibre.
Food is a source of fuel and nourishment for your body. It’s also a source of pleasure. Having diabetes doesn’t mean you have to eat special foods or give up desserts. Instead, your dietitian can show you how to plan meals to suit your body. To start, learn how different foods affect blood sugar.
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Vitamins A, D, E, K and C, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12 and folate. An explanation of the different types of carbohydrate and fibre, where they can be found and what they are used for. The importance of fluids.
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Why people neglect a healthy diet, dietary targets, obesity, cutting down on sugar, heart disease, cutting down on saturated fat and salt, diabetes and food allergies and intolerances.
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What is processed food? High and low temperatures, the effects of cooking, drying, controlling air-flow, chemical preservatives, food additives, irradiation and fortification.