Fundamentals of Diet and Nutrition
Contents: Preface. 1. Basic, pharmacology of nutrition and ecology. 2. Dietary sources. 3. Physiology of trans fatty acids. 4. Vegetarian health diet. 5. Food poisoning and different kinds of diseases. 6. Balance of good health. 7. Dietary fibre and inflammation. 8. Effect of dietary fatty acids on atherogenesis. Bibliography. Index.
In fact research shows that in many ways a vegetarian diet is healthier than that of a typical meat-eater. Carbohydrate, fat and protein are usually called macro-nutrients and the vitamins and minerals are usually called micro-nutrients.
Most foods contain a mixture of nutrients (there are a few exceptions, like pure salt or sugar) but it is convenient to classify them by the main nutrient they provide. Vitamin is the name for several unrelated nutrients that the body cannot synthesize either at all, or in sufficient quantities. The one thing they have in common is that only small quantities are needed in the diet. Carbohydrate is our main and most important source of energy and most of it is provided by plant foods.
In fact research shows that in many ways a vegetarian diet is healthier than that of a typical meat-eater. Carbohydrate, fat and protein are usually called macro-nutrients and the vitamins and minerals are usually called micro-nutrients.
Most foods contain a mixture of nutrients (there are a few exceptions, like pure salt or sugar) but it is convenient to classify them by the main nutrient they provide. Vitamin is the name for several unrelated nutrients that the body cannot synthesize either at all, or in sufficient quantities. The one thing they have in common is that only small quantities are needed in the diet. Carbohydrate is our main and most important source of energy and most of it is provided by plant foods.
