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Enjoy eating a variety of foods. Get the many nutrients your body
needs by choosing among the varied foods you enjoy from these groups:
grain products, fruits and vegetables. vegetables, milk and milk
products, protein-rich plant foods (beans, nuts), and protein-rich
animal foods (lean meat, poultry, fish, and eggs). Remember to choose
lean and lowfat foods and beverages most often. Many foods you eat
contain servings from more than one food group. For example, soups
and stews may contain meat, beans, noodles, and vegetables.
Genetics plays a role in whether a person can develop a chronic disease such as heart disease, but so too does lifestyle. You have no control over your family's medical history, but you can take steps to decrease your own risk.
Also, cholesterol is not a fat. It is a waxy, fat-like substance produced by the liver in all animals, including humans. Cholesterol is needed for many bodily functions and serves to insulate nerve fibers, maintain cell walls and produce vitamin D, various hormones and digestive juices.
Note that dietary cholesterol does not automatically become blood cholesterol when you eat it. As a side note, contaminated food and drink are common sources for the introduction of infection into the body that can lead to illness.
Among the more common infections that people can acquire from contaminated food and drink are Escherichia coli infections, shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, Norwalk-like viruses, and hepatitis A. Other less common infectious disease risks for travelers include typhoid fever and other salmonelloses, cholera, rotavirus infections, and a variety of protozoan and helminthic parasites (other than those that cause giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis).
Many of the infectious diseases transmitted in food and water can also be acquired directly through the fecal-oral route.
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