1B: Assessing the Nutritional Content of Foods and Diets

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4479 rule

  • How much energy are in 1 gram of each major macornutrient

  • Carbs: 4kcal/g

  • Protein: 4kcal/g

  • Alcohol: 7kcal/g

  • Fats/Lipids: 9kcal/g


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AMDR

  • Gives the appropriate percentage rang of carbs, protein and fats that should take up your total amount of energy you consume a day

  • Carbs: 45 - 65% of the total

  • Protein: 10- 35% of the total

  • Fats/Lipids: 20-35% of the total


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DV

The total amount of a nutrient you should have a day

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%DV and rules

The percentage of how much ONE SERVING of a food contributes to your DV

  • 5% is a little, 15% is a lot


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DRIs and list them

-quantifiable estimates of nutrient intakes used to plan and assess for healthy people

  • EAR (Estimated Average Requirements)

  • RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance)

  • AI (Adequate Intakes)

  • UL (Upper Limit)


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EAR

  • amount of nutrients required to meet the needs of 50% of the population


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RDAs

  • amount of nutrients required to meet 97% of the population

  • good for planning individual nutrient goals


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AI

  • using estimations and trend finding, used when insufficient evidence and information to produce an RDA


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UL

Upper Limit: how much one can consume a nutrient before it reaches toxicity