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Person 1: Hi everyone! Welcome to today’s episode of our Podcast: Live Laugh Listen. Before starting, I just want to mention that we are in no way professionals about the topics we discuss in this podcast series, so please keep that in mind while listening. I have one of my best friends here today with me to discuss nutrition, so we will try to find out what a healthy diet is, we will learn about nutrients as well as the different food groups that form our daily diet. I’m also letting you guys know that the transcript of everything we say today is available in the description box down below. With that said, sit back, relax and get ready to Live Laugh Listen.

*Musical intro*

Person 1: Hi! How are you today?

Person 2: I’m great, thank you! I’m excited to be here and learn more about such a complex thing like nutrition.

Person 1: Amazing, so I wanted to first bring up the subject of a healthy diet. With the media being so vast and full of unverified information, it’s very easy to get confused. From what I have learned, a healthy diet is a diet that is adequate in amounts of energy and nutrients and incudes a variety of foods. Diet refers to what (foods), how much and how often we eat.

Person 2: Well it seems pretty simple when you put it this way! How can we know if our intake is adequate or not?

Person 1: So the science of nutrition was able to generate dietary guidelines regarding nutritional needs. For example, there are certain amounts of servings for every food group, I’ll talk about it in just a minute. Each person is different and has different needs when it comes to diet, so I think we should keep in mind that the recommended amounts are exactly that, recommended, they’re not mandatory or exactly adjusted to each and every one of us. Nutrition is as complex subject after all.

Person 2: Alright, you did mention food groups, so I was asking myself, what are they?

Person 1: Ok so first of all, we can differentiate plant-based foods and animal-based foods. In the plant-based category, there are grains, vegetables which include starchy vegetables and legumes, there are also fruits, nuts and seeds, oil, sugar and finally herbs and spices. Each of those groups have various nutrients and energy supply, they also have different recommended servings. Even then, food groups have smaller groups within them. For example, grains regroup whole grains which contain fibre but the larger group also contains refined grains which are stripped of some valuable nutrients.

Person 2: Interesting, now what are the different groups for the animal-based foods?

Person 1: Right, so animal-based foods regroup meat, milk and milk products, fat and cream, eggs and maybe even insects? This is not confirmed. Once again, they all have different nutrients and energy supply as well as recommended servings to help guide our nutrition.

Person 2: You keep mentioning nutrients but could you actually explain what those are? I feel like I have heard that word all my life but when I think about it, I don’t think I could tell you what they are?

Person 1: For sure! Nutrients are chemicals that make up human body and carry its functions, therefore, they are the foundation of human anatomy and physiology. Nutrients are delivered through foods and are grouped in six major classes: Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water. They are grouped according to their properties, energy, non-energy, organic, non-organic, micro or macro. I won’t go into detail about the differences in today’s podcast, but it would sure make a great subject for another episode.

Person 2: Great! So are there recommended servings for nutrients as well?

Person 1: Yes, so the three energy nutrients, proteins, lipids and carbs are presented with percentages. For example, 45 to 65% of your daily energy intake should come from carbs. It’s kind of personalized to everyone since it is adjusted to your total intake. Some mobile apps are available and free of charge to verify such things and keep track of your diet. Minerals and vitamins have a recommended amount (RDA) and and upper limit (UL). Everything in between those extremums is considered adequate.

Person 2: Great! I definitely learned a lot today! So, when it comes to our diet, being healthy is not about eating only salads or cucumbers all the time, it’s actually about getting the adequate amounts of energy and nutrients we need.

Person 1: Exactly! You also have to include a variety of foods in your daily diet and maybe it’s a bit more complex than this, but to resume it, yes this sums it up pretty well. Super! This is the end of today’s episode, I hope you all had a great time and don’t forget that the information shared today is to be verified. Thanks for joining me today Bestie and thanks so much for listening guys, I wish you an amazing rest of your day!

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