Healthy Diet at Home

my name is christine marquette and i'm a registereddietitian with the austin regional clinic and i'm going to talk to you about how ourbody uses vitamin a. vitamin a is actually a group of different compounds and it dependson the source. for example, if it's vitamin a coming from animal foods, that's actuallycalled pre-form vitamin a and our bodies absorb it in the form of retinol. if it's comingfrom plant foods, it's actually called pro diet while breastfeeding, vitamin a carotenoids and there are severaldifferent types of carotenoids. the most popular and the most common or the most well-knownis beta carotene. and this is the type that is actually best absorb in our body. othertypes include alpha carotene and crypto beta xanthine. these two are not as well absorb,they are absorb about fifty percent of the rate that beta carotene is absorb in. so whatvitamin e, vitamin a is actually used for depends on the compound, whether it's betacarotene or it's pre...

when you have that newborn, you have to pick and choose. do i shower, do i take a nap, or do i eat? and you will often ask yourself that question a lot in a 24 hour period - you have to eat during that day. while breastfeeding you want to continue to eat a healthy diet much like you did while you were pregnant. you want to try to keep your calories up so that you have the energy to keep up with your growing baby. and you also want to avoid toxins commonly found in many foods. so you want to choose organic fruits and vegetables as often as you can. you want to eat grass fed organic meats when possible and when selecting canned goods, many companies still line the cans with bpa so you want to look for those companies that have removed bpa from the cans & select those items the way to know if a can is bpa-free is to go on the internet and search. companies are changing year-to-year as to whether or not they are removing the bpa from the lining of those cans. while you are breastfeedin...

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nearly 16 million children in the us haveinconsistent access to enough nutritious food. the american heart association recommendshigh-school aged children eat 3 servings of vegetables a day. in tennessee only 13% willachieve that goal. nearly one in five adolescents skips breakfast. disordered eating is our standard of livingin america. extreme weight loss methods, one in 3 children in tennessee drinks twoor more sodas every day. one in three children is also obese or overweight. i see obesity as one of the most visible formsof malnutrition that we have today. babies who are breastfed exclusively for 6months experience fewer and less severe infections, and see improved cognitive development. in tennessee, only 4% of babies will be breastfedexclusively to 6 months – the lowest rate in the us. we are setting our children up to not be ashealthy as they could potentially be. by age 15-18 months, the most common vegetableeaten by children in america is french fries. what is standing betwe...

nearly 16 million children in the us haveinconsistent access to enough nutritious food. the american heart association recommendshigh-school aged children eat 3 servings of vegetables a day. in tennessee only 13% willachieve that goal. nearly one in five adolescents skips breakfast. disordered eating is our standard of livingin america. extreme weight loss methods, one in 3 children in tennessee drinks twoor more sodas every day. one in three children is also obese or overweight. i see obesity as one of the most visible formsof malnutrition that we have today. babies who are breastfed exclusively for 6months experience fewer and less severe infections, and see improved cognitive development. in tennessee, only 4% of babies will be breastfedexclusively to 6 months – the lowest rate in the us. we are setting our children up to not be ashealthy as they could potentially be. by age 15-18 months, the most common vegetableeaten by children in america is french fries. what is standing betwe...