Essential Elements

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Essential Elements
For proper nutrition
Carbohydrates
Vitamins
Fats
Minerals
Protein
Water
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A Sad State
Ideal Diet
Standard American Diet

• 1-25 Fat gt75 Unsaturated
• 5 Protein
• 70-90 Unrefined Carbohydrates (mostly complex)

• 37 Fat 80-90 Saturated
• 12 Protein
• 27 Carbohydrates (mostly refined)
• 24 Refined Sugar!

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Carbohydrates

• Best source of energy for all bodily functions
• Brain
• CNS
• Muscles
• Come from plant sources
• Half the calories as fat
• Sugars and starches are carbohydrates

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Energy Sources
Fats 9 calories per gram Carbohydrates
4 calories per gram Proteins 4 calories per
gram
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Starch Molecule
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Disease and the Low Fiber Diet

• Metabolic Obesity, gout, diabetes, kidney
  stones, gallstones
• Cardiovascular Hypertension, cerebrovascular
  disease, heart disease, varicose veins, deep vein
  thrombosis, pulmonary embolism
• Colonic Constipation, appendicitis,
  diverticulitis, diverticolosis, hemorrhoids,
  colon cancer, IBS, ulcerative colitis, Crohns
  disease
• Other Dental caries, autoimmune disorders,
  pernicious anemia, multiple sclerosis,
  thyrotoxicosis, dermatological conditions

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Advantages of Eating Breakfast

• more efficient problem solving
• improved memory
• increased verbal fluency
• improved attention span
• better attitudes
• better scholastic scores

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Eating Breakfast Reduces the Risk of Heart Attacks

• Without breakfast, possible heart attack risk may
  be elevated for 2-3 hours after waking.