QUESTION 1 10 p What are the nutritional implications of consuming a diet consis

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QUESTION 1 10 p What are the nutritional implications of consuming a diet consisting of a large amount of convenience type foods? Your answer should include effects on rates of disease (increased or decreased risk of disease), effect on obesity rates, possible lifestyle factors affected, and any other information you feel is pertinent. Also include a few statements on how convenience food has changed over the years. gi% words:0 Path: p h. Save All Answe Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save ll Answers to save all answers.

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Convenience foods are prepared food designed for simplify of consumption. These products are prepared and sold for ready to eating purpose; dishes are present at room temperature. Convenience foods are precooked, frozen and hot products. It may include with candy, fast food, nuts, soft drinks, processed meat, cheeses, canned products, fruits, and vegetables. At first Central Mexico Aztec people were used various convenience foods that required only adding water for preparation. Commercially in 1910 Trans fats are entered into the food supply chain and also some processed foods are also become available as early as the 1910s.

Consuming large amounts of convenience foods:

Convenience food or processed food can provide very little amount of nutrients to the body and some processed food did not have nutrients (no nutritional value). The values of sodium, sugar, and saturated fats are very high in this convenience foods and it can leads to unhealthy conditions like heart disease, hypertension, or diabetes.

For increasing self life several important nutrients are removed in food processing. Additional preservatives like added flavoring, unnatural coloring, and other unappetizing substances are added to these processed foods. Daily consumption of these foods can harms a person health and causes obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancers, and stroke diseases.

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