BASIC TOOLS IN NUTRITION

• Recommended Dietary Allowance/RENI


  Nutrient intake levels sufficient to meet the needs of nearly all (97-98%) healthy individuals in a particular life stage and gender group
• Recommended Dietary Allowance/RENI


  • Used to assess and plan dietary intakes to ensure nutritional adequacy
• Dietary Standards


  Guidelines designed to meet the needs of majority of healthy persons, compilations of nutrient requirements or allowances in specific quantities
• Types of Dietary Standards

  • Dietary guidelines
  • Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
• Dietary Guidelines


  Provide practical advice on how to achieve a healthy, balanced diet, to guide food choices and dietary patterns for the general population
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)

  A set of nutrient reference values used to plan and assess nutrient intakes for healthy people, including Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate Intake (AI), Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) and Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
• Nutrient Intake Recommendation


  Specific recommendations for daily intake of various nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, protein, fats, and carbohydrates, to ensure nutritional adequacy and health
• Food Pyramid


  • Represented a hierarchical structure with different levels indicating various food groups, with grains, fruits/vegetables, dairy/protein, and fats/oils/sweets
• Five Major Food Groups

  • Bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group (6-11 servings/day)
  • Vegetable group (3-5 servings/day)
  • Fruit group (2-4 servings/day)
  • Milk, yogurt and cheese group (2-3 servings/day)
  • Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts group (2-3 servings/day)
  • Fats, oils and sweets (limited consumption)
• Dietary Requirements


  Minimum amounts needed for essential nutrients to attain good health under specific conditions
• Types of Dietary Requirements

  • Macronutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fats)
  • Micronutrients (vitamins and minerals)
• Ten Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos

  • Eat a variety of foods every day
  • Breast-feed infants exclusively from birth to 6 months, and then give appropriate foods while continuing breast-feeding
  • Maintain children's normal growth through proper diet and monitor their growth regularly
  • Consume fish, lean meat, poultry or dried beans
  • Eat more vegetables, fruits and root crops
  • Eat foods cooked in edible or cooking oil daily
  • Consume milk, milk products or other calcium-rich foods such as small fish and dark green leafy vegetables
  • Use iodize salt, but avoid excessive intake of salty foods
  • Eat clean and safe food
  • For a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition, exercise regularly, do not smoke, and avoid drinking alcoholic
• Food Labeling


  The best way for consumers to see how individual's food fit their nutritional needs, providing information about the product's contents, ingredients, and nutritional value
• Two Components of Food Labeling

  • Nutrient Declaration- standardized statement or listing the nutrient content of food
  • Nutrition Claim- represents which states or implies that a food has some particular nutritional proponents
• Food Exchange List

  • This is a diet planning tool that organizes food by nutrient and energy content
  • Provide additional help in achieving kcalorie ad moderation