Summary-Week 1

Recap

This week we got introduced to the basics of nutrition science.  What are the nutrients, what are they used for and what makes up a healthy diet.  We also learned about where to find good nutrition information and who the experts are when it comes to giving nutrition advice. 

Here are some good websites you can use for nutrition information:

Harvard Health Links to an external site.

Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine  Links to an external site.

Nutrition Facts Links to an external site.

Today's Dietitian magazine Links to an external site.

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Links to an external site.

Some blogs I like by RDs:

Nutrition Stripped  Links to an external site.

Ellie Krieger, RD Links to an external site.

Nutritious Life Links to an external site.

Links to an external site.

Looking Ahead

Next week we will start learning about nutrition tools to plan a healthy diet and how we develop our nutrition standards and guidelines in the US.

 

Here is a video of one common tool , MyPlate