Nutrition and Your Health

Nutritional Fundamentals

Standards: HE3 nutrition

Two Major Types of Nutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Micronutrients– Vitamins – Minerals– Phytochemicals

• Macronutrients– Fats– Proteins– Complex carbohydrates

Use of Micronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

Vitamin B12—for the nervous system.made by bacteria from the soil.when the bovine grazes, it picks up this bacteria from the soil and once in the body, the bacteria makes vitamin B 12.Humans clean their foods and remove the beneficial bacteria as well as a host of other not so beneficial organisms.

Use of Micronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Vitamin D• Generated when sun shines on skin

– Uses are:• Immune system and bones

– Cancer– Psoriasis– Rheumatoid arthritis– Tb– Flu – HIV

Use of Micronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Minerals– Magnesium – Potassium– Manganese– Iron

• Because these are found in such small amounts they are often referred to as trace minerals

Use of Micronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Phytochemicals– Found in colorful fruits and vegetables – Use

• Fights off cancer• Helps to eliminate free radicals

– Charged molecules– Trying to gain or loose an electron– Attacks your cells and damages the DNA

• Found in cooking oils and normal cellular respiration

Macronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Protein– Myths about this nutrient

• Animal protein in complete and thus is quality, better(myth)

• You need a lot of this in your diet(myth)

• If you lift weights you must make sure you get a lot of this and you need to take protein supplements and shakes(myth)

• Because the amino acids of animal protein more closely resembles human it is better(myth)

• It causes you to reach your maximum growth faster so it is better(myth)

• Plant protein is incomplete, thus not as good(myth)

Macronutrients Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Protein is a needed macronutrient– It need not come from animals– Plant protein is better for humans– Yes, the amino acids sequence in animal

protein is closer to human sequencing than plant. But, the closest is human flesh; would you want to eat that?

– Does faster growth equate to better health?

Protein Standards: HE3 nutrition

• No! The human has between 18 and 21 years to reach maturity

• A calf has just a few months to reach maturity

– It needs, high protein and high fat for the first few months of life. In nature, before bovine domestication, the calf had to grow fast to keep up with the heard or be left behind for predators

– Mother cow was never designed to give milk in the quantity and repetitive manner in which man as become accustomed to expecting/growth hormones are added

Protein Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Mother cow weans the calf after only a few months

• In nature she was intended to go dry until the next birth

• Man has bred her for quantity and turns right around and breeds her again as soon as possible

• Cow’s milk is 30% protein and high in fat

Affects of Protein on the Body Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Just because one is an athlete, does not require a radical increase in protein

• Today’s SAD standard American Diet, includes way too much animal protein already

• Mom’s milk is 5%• Anything above that tends to activate the cancer

gene and promote cancer growth as well as bone loss.

• No amount of plant protein does this

Fat Standards: HE3 nutrition

• Fat is a required nutrient; it must be present for the body to function properly

• Amount and type of fat is important– Necessary for proper utilization of fat soluble vitamins

necessary for good health

• Fat should be consumed only as a part of a whole plant food– Nuts– Seeds– Avocado

Fats HE3 nutrition

• Fats from nuts and seeds is – Omega 3 fats or oils

• Flax seed

• Walnuts

– Good for human health

– Can get from fish, but fish is contaminated, and is animal protein/high is saturated fats

• Saturated fat causes cancer and heart disease– Processed oils promote cancer especially if they are

heated

Carbohydrates HE3 nutrition

• Two types

• Complex– Whole grains– Whole plants

Carbohydrates HE3 nutrition

• Simple– White flour– Baked goods

• Cakes

• Pies

• Cookies

• Highly processed packaged products– Chips

– crackers