Table of
Contents
Chapter 1
Food, Nutrition, and You
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Why Is Food Important? 15
Why Do You Eat? 17
What Affects Your Food Choices? 19
Focus on Food: Bugs for Lunch 21
Science in the Kitchen: The Five
Senses 24
Chapter 2
Nutrients: The Building Blocks of
Health
27
Calories, The Energy Value of Food 28
Nutrients, Your Body’s Building Blocks 28
Health Alert: The Heart Beat 32
Phytonutrients 42
Supplements and You 42
Are You Getting All the Nutrients
You Need? 43
Science in the Kitchen: A Journey
Through Your Digestive Tract 44
Chapter 3
Your Nutrition Toolbox
48
The Dietary Guidelines for
Americans 49
Science in the Kitchen: Sweet Tooth 53
Health Alert: Herbal Supplements:
Healthful or Harmful? 55
MyPlate 57
Focus on Food: Do You Suffer from Portion
Distortion? 66
Chapter 4
Weighing Your
Choices
70
The Calories You
Burn 71
The Calories You
Eat 73
Healthy Weight 74
Math in the Kitchen: Fat Math 75
Eating Disorders 82
Focus on Food: Making Changes
for the Better 86
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