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Wonderfoods
Fact or Hype?
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We investigate how food can prevent disease and
improve health
Prof. Garry Duthie
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All food is wonder food
All food comes from the sun
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All food is wonder food
Animal products
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Energy

Plant products
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Food comes in all shapes and forms
Some common foods
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Food comes in all shapes and forms
Yum Yum!
DK images World foods
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All food has the same function
Food
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All foods contain nutrients
Proteins Lipids (fats) Carbohydrates Vitamins and
minerals
But different foods contain different amounts of
various nutrients so we need to eat a range of
foods!
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Some good sources of nutrients
Proteins - meat, poultry, fish, beans, peas,
milk, cheese, yoghurt, eggs. Carbohydrates -
rice, cereals, potatoes. Fats - vegetable oils,
margarine, some types of fish, nuts and
soybeans. Vitamins and minerals - vegetables,
fruit, potato, cereals, meat.
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Bad things can happen if we dont get enough
nutrients
Iodine
Zinc
Vitamin D
Protein
Nowadays these conditions are very rare here
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Courtesy of Dr. Peter Agget, Professor P.O.B.
Pharaoh
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But our modern diet may causing other problems
We may not be eating the right balance of
nutrients to prevent us getting serious diseases
when we are older
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Diseases involving bad diet
Heart disease
Cancers
Many years
Courtesy, Frank Thies
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Diseases involving bad diet
Cancers and heart disease main cause of death
British Heart Foundation Statistics
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Our diet has changed hugely in a short time
Fruit and vegetables Whole grain Animal fats Fish
Major changes in diet in last 200y
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Our diet has changed hugely in a short time
Fat
Vit C
Vit E
Fibre
Our bodies still want lean meat, fish,
vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries and honey!
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Much hype about Wonderfoods
Wonderfoods - foods claiming special health
giving properties Some examples Bee
pollen Seaweed Aloe Vera Blue green
algae Wheatgrass Lemon grass Exotic berries Power
Mushrooms Exotic honey
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Some claims for Wonderfoods
Memory improving
Contains healing enzymes
Great for health and cleansing
Powerful detoxifier
Nourishing the liver
Corrects the bodys chemistry
Immune boosting
Building the blood
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Much hype about Wonderfoods
BUT!!!!
Psuedo science language used Marketing exercise
Expensive Misleading because implies they are
better than other foods No proper scientific
evidence for claims
Offer a shortcut to a healthy diet
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Ordinary fruit and vegetables are true wonderfoods
Fibre Vitamins Minerals Fatty acids Carbohydrates
Proteins
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Ordinary fruit and vegetables are true wonderfoods
Protect against cancers
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Ordinary fruit and vegetables are true wonderfoods
Protect against heart problems
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5-a-day advice scientifically sound
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But we dont take the advice!
600g
How can we persuade children to eat more fruit
and vegetables?
248g
246g
Recommended
10 years ago
Now
Review of the SDAP Progress and Impacts 1996-2005
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Fruit and vegetables are fun as well!
Make fruit smoothies!
Try different combinations Counts as one
portion Dont add sugar! Add natural yoghurt
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Fruit and vegetables are fun as well!
They also contain polyphenols Some may be good
for health
They also dye clothes!
Onions yellow Blueberries blue Grapes
red Spinach - green
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Finally!
No evidence for health benefit of exotic
wonderfoods Fruit and vegetables are real
wonderfoods We need to eat more fruit and
vegetables Use the left-overs to dye your
clothes!!!