Eating and Nutritionor

Does Eating Salmon Lower the Murder Rate??

Nutrition “get to know you”

Write down: your favorite food(s) and why a story about a food or special recipe that is unique to your family’s special celebrations

a food that is supposedly healthy, but that you don’t like (or don’t think you would like)

Does Eating Salmon Lower the Murder Rate??

In 2001, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln published a study, provocatively titled "Seafood Consumption and Homicide Mortality," that found a correlation between a higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids (most often obtained from fish) and lower murder rates.

Food and Wellness (Psychological and Physical)

“What to eat” (M. Nestle) Paleolithic diet vs. Atkins vs.

Zone “In defense of food” (M.

Pollan) USDA’s MY Pyramid vs.

Healthy Eating Pyramid (Harvard)

Slow food, fast food, no food, ???

WHAT’S A PERSON TO DO??!!!

Food and Wellness (Psychological and Physical)

Nutrition and Wellness Eating to feel well (as opposed to

simply getting calories) -- mens sana in corpore sano Eating for psychological and

physiological wellness Eating for disease prevention

Reality (Sept 10 report)

Americans Are Flunking Easy Goals For Healthier Eating

The public health plan hatched a decade ago was to get three-quarters of Americans older than 2 to chow down on at least two servings of fruit a day and half of Americans to eat three or more servings of vegetables.

The results for 2009 show that only 32.5 percent of adults are hitting the mark for fruit and barely more than a quarter — 26.3 percent — are getting the job done on vegetables.

Keeping track…

livestrong.com

Mindfully? (raisin exercise)Mindfully? (raisin exercise)

How we eat

Learning “nutrition” in schools?Learning “nutrition” in schools?

(Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution)(Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution)Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Episode 1 Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eaHytpJWQ

Michael Pollan’s “Unhappy Meals” discussionMichael Pollan’s “Unhappy Meals” discussion

How we eat

What we eat

Macronutrients Carbohydrates Fats Proteins

Micronutrients Vitamins Minerals Phytochemicals

What we eat

Macronutrients Carbohydrates

What we eat

Macronutrients Fats

What we eat

Macronutrients Fats (Fatty Acids)

Saturated (SFAs) – limit theseMonounsaturated (MUFAs) – better choicePolyunsaturated – (PUFAs) – consider the

Omega-3 / Omega-6 balanceTrans-fat (avoid) – (hydrogenated)

What we eat

Macronutrients Proteins

What we eat (Micronutrients)

Vitamins 13 known vitamins, classified as either fat-soluble

(A, D, E, K) or water-soluble (B and C) C & E are antioxidants

Minerals Inorganic elements (e.g., calcium -- for muscle

contractions, nerve transmission)

Phytochemicals Bioactive chemicals found in plants (e.g., sterols,

flavonoids, beta-carotene) with potential health-promoting qualities (e.g., anti-oxidant activity)

What we eat

H eart D isease C an cer O th er C on d it ion s

Im p ac t o f d ie t on :

(including mental health and behavior) *FAB research

““[People] dig their graves with [People] dig their graves with their own teeth and die more by their own teeth and die more by those fatal instruments than the those fatal instruments than the weapons of their enemies.”weapons of their enemies.”

-- Thomas Moffett, 1600-- Thomas Moffett, 1600

What we eat (the dark side)

Relationship between diet and heart disease

risk for heart disease is linked to diets high in saturated fats, found mostly in animal and processed foods

dietary cholesterol is found only in animal foods

plant foods contain antioxidants –these protect against atherosclerosis

Relationship between diet and cancer

The American Cancer Society Dietary Guidelines: Limit consumption of meats and shift the balance toward a more plant-based diet

Protective factors in a plant-based diet: fiber, polyphenol antioxidants, anti-inflammatory compounds

What to eat?? Choose a colorful diet Whole foods, not supplements

Relationship between fad diets and disease

Recent study (Sept 2010) analyzed data from 85,000 healthy women aged 34 to 5945,000 men aged 40 to 75 Participants filled out questionnaires every

four years. Low-carb dieters (e.g., Atkins diet) who got

most of their protein and fat from animal sources like red and processed meats were 14 percent more likely to die of heart disease and 28 percent more likely to die of cancer

Sept. 7, 2010 in Annals of Internal Medicine

Diet and kidney stones

n=3,426 (tracked diet over many years)“Higher intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts

and legumes, low-fat dairy and whole grains," Taylor says. "And low intake of sweetened beverages and red and processed meats” (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, diet) -- people who adhered most to this pattern of eating were significantly less likely to develop kidney stones.

"We found a decrease in risk in the order of around 40 or 45 percent," says Taylor. "We were very excited by it."Clinical Journal of the American Society

of Nephrology , 2010

Herbal Nutrition

phytomedicines and ethnobotany folk medicine products medicinal plants

Herbal Therapy

Herbal medicine: feverfew migraines ginkgo circulatory disorders garlic hypercholesterolemia hypericum depressive disorders peppermint gastric distress ginger nausea echinacea immune system stimulant saw palmetto benign prostatic

hypertrophy ginseng variety of conditions capsaicin arthritis

Dementia

Objective: efficacy of EGb 761 (Ginkgo biloba)

Design: randomized, double blind Patients: 202 mild-severe multi-infarct or Alzheimer dementia outpatients Intervention: 40 mg tid EGb x 52 weeks Results:

improved cognitive score 0.005 improved caregiver geriatric rating 0.003

Le Bars et al JAMA 1997; 278:1327-32

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Objective: efficacy of gingerDesign: randomized, double blind,

crossoverPatients: 27 women in the first trimesterIntervention: powdered ginger root 250 mg

qid Results:

decreased nausea 0.035 decreased number of emesis 0.035

Fisher-Rasmussen Eur J Ob Gyn Reprod Biol 1990;38:19