earlymedical9. Nutrition
Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ)Nutrition is a topic as important as it is divisive. Food is a huge component of everyone’s life, and the subject of diet often brings out strong reactions in people. In this module, we will not give you a specific diet or set of foods you should and shouldn’t eat (outside of ensuring you get enough protein). Rather, we will first explain the scientific concepts necessary to understand nutrition and, more importantly, metabolic health. Then we will give you a set of principles that help guide you to being metabolically healthy, whatever your preferences and favorite foods are. And as a reminder, before you get upset about what is said or not said about your diet of choice, make sure you’re exercising (coming up in Modules 9 and 10).
Learning Objectives
- What about most ‘nutrition science’ do we find so disdainful?
- Why is metabolic health a better goal than body weight management when considering diet and nutrition?
- How can you build an evidence-informed personalized nutrition plan?
- Why is consuming adequate protein so important, and how should your protein consumption be spread across the day?
- How can you accurately determine your carbohydrate tolerance (and how can you monitor changes to this level over time)?
- What are our ‘10 Principles for Good Nutrition’ (and what are the goals we try to achieve by following them)?
- When should you consider fasting, and under what conditions should you likely avoid it?