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Dietary Guidelines
Canadas food guide just turned 70 Began as Canadas Official Food Rules in 1942, for population health during the war (especially the soldiers who were being recruited) it d) Now Eating Well with Canadas Food Guide, there have been a number of versions Unfortunately the guide has been affected by the interest of lobby groups, see the twitter post entitled The politics of food guides
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Dietary Recommendations
Nutritional science has determined required nutrients Governments have established dietary standards, the WHO global standards Canada and the US have collaborated on Dietary Reference Intakes
DRIs
EARs, requirement of 50% of the population RDAs meets needs of 97% UL, max amount of nutrient with no toxicity AI exists if no EAR and RDA
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AMDRs
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Food Labels
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US Dietary Recommendations
US new graphic is ChooseMyPlate Tool helpful in explaining proportions
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Nutrient Deficiency
Can be due to inadequate intake primary deficiency Secondary deficiency may be due to drug or illness Easy to detect if there are clinical signs Subclinical deficiency occurs before outward signs appear
Hemoglobin (g/L)
Men Women 140 - 174 123 157 10-250 g/L 7-36 nmol/L
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Ferritin Iron
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