General health: eating, lung health, digestion, liver, Week 6

---

How we choose what we eat

---

​

• Personal Preference- what you like to eat
• Cultural background- what foods you are familiar with
• Time and convenience- how much time you have to work on a meal
• Friends- What your friends make or prefer to eat
• The media- Advertisements

​

---

Reading a food label

---

​Click for FDA web page:

How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label​

https://www.fda.gov/food/new-nutrition-facts-label/how-understand-and-use-nutrition-facts-label

---

Digestion

---

​Eating a balanced diet with plenty of fiber is best for your digestive system

What is diabetes?

---

Lung Health

---

​Of course, oxygen gets through masks

and Vaping is bad
​

---

Liver Health

---

---

Binge Drinking

---

5 or more drinks on a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks on a single occasion for women, generally within about 2 hours.
​

https://darienite.com/college-students-returning-home-for-the-holidays-beware-of-drinksgiving-40034

https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/binge-drinking.htm
​

What a drink means

​https://today.tamu.edu/2018/02/13/lessthanuthink-