Name: Sheena Gabato

Birthdate: March 07, 2002

Age& Gender: 18, Female
Course & Code: GPE1 (386)
Teacher’s Name: Glydale John Escabarte

1. Why do we need to choose our food wisely?

You can delay and even avoid chronic diseases by maintaining good lifestyle habits.

Eating wisely helps prevent obesity and may increase cancer, heart disease, high

blood pressure, and type two diabetes. Emerging evidence indicates a close

relationship between diet and mood. Researchers discovered in 2016 that a diet with

a high glycemic load could cause increased symptoms of depression and fatigue. It

can also give us a better mood.

If you have a disease, by making decisions that promote a healthier lifestyle,

symptoms can be better controlled. You've discovered that choices in lifestyles are

essential. It is one of the most important methods we have to decrease the onset of

illness. With fewer doctor visits and increased quality of life, the healthier decisions

you make each day will pay off. Following a balanced eating pattern that is right for

you is the road to improving health through diet.

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https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322268

2. How would you describe the functions of the different nutrients? What

are they?
Six essential nutrients are available that the body requires to function correctly.

Nutrients are compounds vital to life and health in foods that provide us with energy,

repair and growth building blocks, and substances needed to regulate chemical

processes. According to Wikipedia, nutrients is a substance used by an organism to

live, develop, and reproduce. The dietary nutrient intake requirement applies to

animals, plants, fungi, and protists. There are six essential nutrients that the body

needs to function correctly.

Nutrients are compounds in foods crucial to life and health, providing us with energy,

the building blocks for repair and growth substances necessary to regulate chemical

processes. These are the six major nutrients: Carbohydrates (CHO), Lipids (fats),

Protein, Vitamins, Minerals, Water.

Nutrients. (2013, October 8). The Department of Health. Retrieved From

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3. When do you think carbohydrates and protein become harmful?

Carbohydrates and protein can be harmful if it is overdone or isn’t enough.

Carbohydrates are used for energy. Fats are used for vigor after they are broken into

fatty acids. Protein can also be used for energy, but the first job is to make

hormones, muscles, and other proteins.

If you overdo carbs, your blood sugar levels can get too high. This allows more

insulin to be released by your body, which tells your cells to store the extra glucose

as fat. If you are carrying a few extra pounds already, it can be dangerous. It can
lead to diabetes and other health problems connected with it. You could also get

constipated from a lack of fiber and nutrients if there are not enough carbs in your

diet. Your body is compelled to use protein or fat for energy as well. The building

blocks of the body are proteins. You cannot have enough left to make more cells to

keep them safe if you use them as fuel.

Too much protein is also dangerous. People who consume very high protein diets;

for instance, they have a higher risk of kidney stones. A high protein diet containing

tons of red meat and higher saturated fat levels can also contribute to an increased

risk of heart disease and colon cancer. In contrast, another high protein diet rich in

proteins from plants may not have such risks.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/nutrition/when-it-comes-to-protein-how-much-is-too-

much#:~:text=Can%20too%20much%20protein%20be,higher%20risk%20of

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Dennett, C. (2015). Carbs and proteins don’t mix — and other ‘nutrition urban

legends’. Retrieved from https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/carbs-and-

proteins-dont-mix-and-other-nutrition-urban-legends/

4. What makes cholesterol bad? Good?

Cholesterol passes through the blood to proteins called "lipoproteins." Cholesterol is

transported in the body by two forms of lipoproteins: LDL (low-density lipoprotein)

often referred to as "bad" cholesterol, makes up much of the cholesterol in your

body. Elevated levels of LDL cholesterol increase your risk of heart disease and

stroke. Cholesterol is absorbed by HDL (high-density lipoprotein), or 'healthy'

cholesterol, and taken back to the liver. The liver flushes it out of the body, then.

Elevated HDL cholesterol levels can decrease your risk of heart disease and stroke.

LDL cholesterol will build upon the walls of your blood vessels when your body has

too much LDL cholesterol. This accumulation is called "plaque." The insides of the

vessels narrow as the blood vessels build up plaque over time. This narrowing

blocks the heart and other organs from circulating blood to and from. It may cause

angina (chest pain) or a heart attack when blood flow to the heart is blocked.

LDL and HDL Cholesterol: "Bad" and "Good" Cholesterol. (2020). Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/cholesterol/ldl_hdl.htm

5. How do organic and inorganic nutrients affect our bodies?

Those nutrients that contain carbon are called organic, while those that do not have

carbon are called inorganic. Nutrients are substances required by the body to

perform its essential functions. Since the human body does not synthesize nutrients,

they must be obtained from the diet, making them necessary. Supplements are

utilized to create energy, recognize, react to natural environmental factors, move,

discharge squanders, breathe (inhale), develop, and imitate. There are six classes of

supplements needed for the body to work and keep up general wellbeing. These are

sugars, lipids, proteins, water, nutrients, and minerals. Nourishments likewise

contain non-nutrient that might be unsafe.

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