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“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know About Nutrition”
Sasha Nunes and Leah Wendland
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Topics For The Day Gluten Free Diet Low Carbohydrate Craze
Not All Fats Are Created Equal
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What do you know?
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Topics in the news Starbucks Dieter 10-Day Juice Cleanse
Raspberry Ketone Pills Aspartame in Milk Garcinia Cambogia Extract
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Gluten Free Claims Weight Loss Tool Better Health Better Living
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What is Gluten? A protein found in wheat, barley, rye and triticale
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Why Gluten Free? Celiac Disease Gluten Intolerance
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So What Now? Not everyone needs Gluten-Free
If you don’t, you may be not getting all of the nutrients you need If you are concerned with your gluten intake consult your doctor before starting a Gluten Free diet
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Low Carbohydrate Diet
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What is a Carbohydrate? Bread Starchy Vegetables Fruit Milk/ Yogurt
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Why do we need Carbohydrates?
Energy Nutrients Fiber
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Not all fats are created equal
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Where are they found? Saturated Fats Trans-Fat Animal Products
Milk Cheese Meat Vegetable Products Coconut Oil Palm Oil Convenience Food Processed foods Saturated Fats: mainly animal products Trans Fats: man made, shelf stable,
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Where are they Found? Monounsaturated Polyunsaturated Nuts
Vegetable Oils Canola Oil Olive Oil Sunflower Oil High Oleic Safflower Oil Avocado Omega-6 Soybean Oil Safflower Oil Corn Oil Omega-3 Walnuts Flaxseed Canola Oil Fish Trout, Herring, Salmon
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“Good Fats” Monounsaturated Polyunsaturated
Improve cholesterol in the blood Decrease risk of heart disease Help with blood sugar control Helps lower blood pressure Lowers heart disease risk Improve cholesterol in blood
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“Bad Fats” Saturated Fat Trans-Fat Elevated triglycerides in the blood
Increases risk of Heart disease Raise LDL Cholesterol Raise LDL Cholesterol Lower HDL Cholesterol
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What did we learn? Say NO to gluten free for weight loss
Carbohydrates are important! Choose more Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
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Resources http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262
ratedfat.html
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