"Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life."
The study of food and its effects on the body.
Macronutrients: The three primary categories of nutrients required in large amounts by the body, including carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
Micronutrients: The essential nutrients needed in smaller quantities, including vitamins and minerals.
Digestion and absorption: The process by which the body breaks down food and absorbs nutrients.
Caloric intake and energy balance: The relationship between the amount of calories consumed and energy expended.
Food sources and nutrient density: The nutritional value of different foods and their impact on health.
Nutrient deficiencies and toxicity: The consequences of too little or too much of certain nutrients.
Meal planning and food preparation: Strategies for creating balanced and healthy meals.
Dietary supplements: The use of supplements to increase nutrient intake and address deficiencies.
Special diets: Such as vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free diets.
Nutritional counseling and education: Techniques for providing nutritional guidance and support to individuals and groups.
Clinical nutrition: The practice of using food and supplements to manage and prevent disease based on an individual's diagnosis or symptoms.
Sports nutrition: The application of nutrition principles to enhance athletic performance and recovery.
Holistic nutrition: The focus on the interconnectedness of the body, mind, and spirit to promote physical and emotional health through food and lifestyle choices.
Vegetarian/vegan nutrition: The study of plant-based diets and their impact on health and wellbeing.
Functional medicine nutrition: The analysis of an individual's unique genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors to tailor nutritional interventions to prevent, treat and manage chronic diseases.
Pediatric nutrition: The study of optimal nutrition for children's growth and development from infancy through adolescence.
Aging and geriatric nutrition: The practice of creating nutritional interventions to promote health and prevent chronic conditions in older adults.
Oncology/ cancer nutrition: The study of nutritional interventions to improve nutritional status, quality of life, and manage symptoms in individuals undergoing cancer treatment.
Ayurvedic nutrition: The study of Indian traditional medicine and promoting health by balancing three doshas (energy systems) through diet and supplement interventions.
Nutritional genomics: The practice of tailoring diets to an individual’s unique genetic makeup to optimize health and prevent disease.
"It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures."
"Failure to obtain sufficient nutrients causes malnutrition."
"Nutritional science is the study of nutrition, though it typically emphasizes human nutrition."
"Organisms obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these."
"Some can produce nutrients internally by consuming basic elements."
"Some must consume other organisms to obtain pre-existing nutrients."
"All forms of life require carbon, energy, and water as well as various other molecules."
"Animals require complex nutrients such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins."
"Humans obtain complex nutrients by consuming other organisms."
"Humans have developed agriculture and cooking to replace foraging and advance human nutrition."
"Plants acquire nutrients through the soil and the atmosphere."
"Fungi absorb nutrients around them by breaking them down and absorbing them through the mycelium."
"The type of organism determines what nutrients it needs."
"Organisms obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these."
"Animals require complex nutrients such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, obtaining them by consuming other organisms."
"All forms of life require carbon, energy, and water as well as various other molecules."
"Humans have developed agriculture and cooking to replace foraging and advance human nutrition."
"Plants acquire nutrients through the soil and the atmosphere."
"Fungi absorb nutrients around them by breaking them down and absorbing them through the mycelium."