Stratford Chefs School
Nutrition Course – Week 11
Today’s Topics – Week 11
• Key Concepts from Week 10• Minerals
– Classification– Role in the body
• Supplements• Functional Foods• Nutraceuticals• Test #3 review
• Assignment: Healthy Cooking Project assigned today.
• Due: High Fibre Assignment
Key Concepts from Week 10
• Glycemic Index• Lactose Intolerance• Diabetes• Vitamins
Minerals
Function – Electrolytes
– Body pH balance
– Conduct nerve impulses
– Involved in muscle contractions
– Structure to body
Mineral Categories
• Major Minerals
• Trace Minerals
Group 6
• Ian, Ryan, Vince and Braedon
Iron
• Essential part of …
• Iron absorption
• Concern for?
Page 216
Group 7
Lydia, Alex S, Paul A, and Jeff O
Calcium
• Major mineral in?
• Building bones
• Maintaining bones
• Bone loss
Group 8
• Cody, Sage, Justine and Dave
Sodium
• Main source in our diet is ?
• Important for
• Kidneys regulate sodium
• Our need
Sodium Continued
How do we know how much sodium is in the foods we
eat?
http://www.sodium101.ca/
How to cut you sodium intake– Eat more fresh and fewer
processed foods– Read food labels– Reduce salt from recipes whenever
possible– Limit high sodium condiments such
as soy sauce, ketchup– Use other herbs, spices and
flavourings.
Food vs. Supplement
• Aim to get most through food
• Food contains safe amounts
• Most studies showing benefits of vitamins done with food not supplements
• Food provides benefical substances in addition to nutrients
• Times when supplements are/may be necessary
Guidelines for safe supplementation
• Page 218-219
Phytochemicals
• Chemicals naturally found in plants
• NOT nutrients
• Affect taste, colour and flavour in food
• Some known functions– Antioxidants– Modify DNA reproduction– Alter enzymes production
Functional Foods
• Offer additional health benefits
• Contain bioactive compound – in or from a plant, animal or
marine source. – The bioactive compounds can
be added to food.
Nutraceutical
• Compound of functional foods isolated– Often in a pill form
• Fish oil capsules• Soy isoflavones pills
Test #3 – Review• Covers week 8-11 + 3 bonus
questions from week 12
• Week 8 – evaluating nutrition information & food labels
• Week 9 - carbohydrates
• Week 10 – glycemic index, diabetes, & vitamins
• Week 11- minerals, functional foods & nutraceuticals
Cooking to Preserve Vitamins
• Strategy for cooking – Use moderate temperatures– In or over a small amount of
water– For a short period of time
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