Nutrition: Balanced Diet & Health

Course details

• Learn from a nutrition expert about the best ways to lead a healthy lifestyle.
• Discover how to eat a balanced diet without cutting out your favourite foods!
• Access to sample meal plans and learn how to plan meals tailored to you.
• Find out how to change what you eat when exercising, so you can perform at your best!
• Practical tips to help you achieve a balanced diet in real life, even at buffets and parties!… 

Understanding the world of nutrition can be confusing. But with this course, you will discover easy guidelines for eating a balanced diet and staying healthy. Learn how to give your body the nutrients it needs, so that you feel your best, all day long.

Dr. Zsuzsanna Fajcsak uses her expertise to teach you what foods make up a balanced diet, and how to adapt your meals to your lifestyle. She has a PhD in Nutrition, as well as Master’s degrees in Teaching Physical Education, Exercise Physiology and Clinical Nutrition. Dr. Zsu is committed to helping others find sustainable ways to achieve life-long health.

This course teaches you about the digestive system and the important food categories, like fat and carbohydrates. You’ll discover the best foods to eat to ensure good blood sugar regulation. Then you’ll combine your new understanding to plan healthy meals as part of a balanced diet. Finally, discover practical advice to help you maintain your new found healthy lifestyle!

• Intro
• Say hi to your fellow students!
• Share your new course with your friends!
• Introduction
• Setting your mindset for healthy eating

• What is the body made of?
• How do we measure body fatness?
• How does training affect body composition?

• Energy and food
• What are the important nutrients and how are they used… in the body?
• Carbs, protein and fat foods
• Mixed foods
• Practice recognising food nutrients - Test Yourself (Use the previous video for answers!)
• Why is carbohydrate important for the body?

• What are the effects of carbohydrates in the body?
• How do different carbohydrate foods change the blood sugar level?
• Factors Affecting GI: What happens to the blood sugar level when we eat mixed foods?

• How to design one balanced meal
• How to design a whole day balanced menu
• Life long health - How to eat a balanced diet in reality
• The Hunger scale: measuring how balanced your meal was

• How to eat a balanced diet for exercise
• Sample Menu Plan: for a normal weight adult exercising man
• Sample Menu Plan: for a normal… weight exercising woman

• How does night sleep affect your weight loss?
• Hydration for exercise

• Misconceptions… about fashion weight loss diets
• What happens at the end of diets
• What works for life long healthy lifestyle management

• How to load your plate with food in a buffet
• How to control portion size using the right utensils and chewing
• What should you drink and how much?
• Why do we need to eat fruit?
• How to cook vegetables
• Which salt is better to eat?

• Why legumes are good for the body
• Why do we need to eat protein?
• Which bread flour is healthier?
• How to combine fried food into healthy eating
• How to eat chocolate cake as part of a balanced diet

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3