Food guides p. 1 - 49 (Deanu) Flashcards
Why do we need food guides?
- Specific dietary patterns are associated with a reduced risk of specific diseases
- Foods are more than just a collection of nutrients.
- Methods of food processing, preparation and cooking influence the nutritional value of foods and diets have cultural, ethnic, social and family aspects
Why do we have food guides? (2 reasons)
1- Health related spendings are on the rise
2- Dietary patterns have specific health or
disease outcomes
Why will a nutrient based strategy will not work?
Individual eat foods, not nutrients, a food based
strategy is preferable.
What are food guides?
Graphic representation of FAO and WHO food based dietary guidelines.
Why are dietary habits required to be codified? (2 reasons)
To thrive and be healthy, not just any food can be eaten, making food choices and dietary habits critical to a society’s survival. (Omnivore’s Paradox)
To thrive as societies, diet practices and other food related behaviors had to be appropriate and conform with the identity of a given population. (Principle of Incorporation)
Kashrut diet - T OR F
All blood must be drained from meat and poultry or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
T
Kashrut diet - T OR F
Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals) can be eaten with dairy.
F; Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals) cannot be eaten with dairy.
Kashrut diet - T OR F
Fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables and grains can be eaten with either meat or dairy.
T
Remember: According to some views, fish may not be eaten with meat.
Muslim diet - T OR F
It is halal to consume food with pork, blood, and intoxicants such as alcoholic beverages.
F; It is HARAM to consume food with pork, blood, and intoxicants such as alcoholic beverages.
Muslim diet - T OR F
Meat must come from a supplier that uses halal practices.
T
Taoist diet - T OR F
Promote eating strong-smelling plants, traditionally asafoetida, shallot, mountain leek, and Allium chinense or other alliums, and garlic.
F; Taoist = promote a vegetarian diet in order to minimize harm to other sentient life. (Contemporary taoist diet includes bigu, veganism.)
Excludes: from eating strong-smelling plants, traditionally asafoetida, shallot, mountain leek, and Allium chinense or other alliums, and garlic. Nightshades are avoided
In a Taoism, what is the vital energy force?
Qi is the vital energy force. The amount of qi in the food is concerning.
What is the Clean living reform movement?
Promotion of the consumption of the purest, simpler forms of foods (like milk) to promote health and treat diseases. (Imp leader: John Harvey Kelogg)
The first food guide in USA was created for what?
The first food guides were created to strengthen national identity (in the USA).
Note: Because… Period of massive immigration: There was too much diversity in diets that put at risk of not blending into American society.
Blend in = American had to eat in a more uniform way.
T OR F
It is only after WW2 that nutritional sciences became the core to create food guides.
T
