Introduction
What is food?
What happens to the food we eat?
Our nutrient needs
Energy balance
Nutritional status
Laws & labels
Additives & colours
Toxicity in food
Processing food
Stability of food nutrients
Storage life of foods
Food- associated health problems
- FIGURE 38 -
IMPORTANT TEMPERATURES IN
FOOD PREPARATION
Physical
Events:
Microbial
Events
water boils
most
microbes
are
destroyed
in this
region
slow growth
rapid
growth
hot day
normal room
temperature
slow
growth
refrigerator
water freezes
food poisoning
microbes are
dormant but
multiply on
reaching
warmer
temperatures
Freezer
Food Facts
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How to avoid food poisoning
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Food sensitivities
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Migraine and food
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The Feingold diet and hyperkinesis
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Average serving sizes
Figures:
38:Important temperatures in food preparation
39:
How to avoid food poisoning
40:
Symptoms sometimes due to food allergy
41:
Foods commonly responsible for allergy
42:
Foods commonly reported as causing migraine
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