Category Archives: Health Food Plan

Men and women differ in body size, body composition, and overall metabolic rates. They therefore have differing needs for most nutrients throughout the life cycle and face unique difficulties in keeping on track with their dietary goals. Some of these … Continue reading →

The relationship between nutrition and health has changed dramatically during the past 50 years. As recently as the 1940s, diseases, such as rickets, pellagra, scurvy, beriberi, xerophthalmia, and goiter (caused by a lack of or deficiency in vitamin D, niacin, … Continue reading →

Three trends in Americans’ eating patterns are particularly prominent: snacking, eating at fast-food restaurants, and consuming frozen dinners. The impact of these trends portends both good news and bad news.Snacks are foods consumed between the three main meals of the … Continue reading →

The vitamin content of food can be seriously compromised from the time it is produced until the time it is digested. Improper storage, excessive cooking, and exposure to heat, light, and air are factors that can reduce the vitamin content … Continue reading →

Advertisements proclaim that vitamins provide energy, promote wellness, and prevent disease and that taking more means more energy and better health. Consequently, 33% of all americans take one or more vitamin supplements in multiple and single doses, in natural and … Continue reading →

The major nutritional problems of Americans are caused primarily by dietary excess and imbalance. A good nutritional plan is one that consists of a variety of foods from the food guide pyramid. The consumption of antioxidant vitamins, especially in fruits … Continue reading →

Next to air, water is the substance most necessary for survival. Most everything in the body occurs in a water medium. Although people can live without vitamins and minerals for extended periods, death results within a few days without water.Water … Continue reading →