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Nutritionist’s
Advice Eating correctly in your 20s and 30s can be a matter
of visual aesthetics, rather than a tiresome exercise in milligram counting. Eat
by the colors. If you put a rainbow on your plate, you will probably be getting
the nutrients you need. Iceberg, potatoes, white bread -- these probably are not
as loaded with goodies as a riotously colorful plate of sweet potatoes, mixed
greens, peppers, and golden roasted chicken! Put the mushy next to the crispy,
the smooth next to the noisy. Stop worrying about counting things and worrying
about taste and eating. However, the 20s and especially your 30s
may also mark the end of your participation in the work softball team; you may
go dancing less than you did before. Your caloric requirements begin to drop, An
active woman in her 20s may get away with 2,500 calories a day -- she has to see
if she is gaining weight on that. Two thousand calories are probably a better
target. Calcium is also important in your 20s. Bones aren’t
fully formed in your teens; they continue to strengthen until age 30. Vitamin D
is also important in these years -- you may get enough from milk if you drink
it, or the sun, but Nelson says some women should supplement. You need 200 IU of
the vitamin up to age 50, increasing to 400 IU a day from age 50 to 70, and 600
IU above 70. Magnesium is also important at this age because it
can be of some help. Load up on spinach, peanuts, black beans, brown rice, and
sea bass. Similarly, vitamin B-6, found in garbanzo beans, sunflower seeds, and
avocado, can help with fluid retention. Other sources include red meat, dried
fruits, and dried beans. Iron from non-meat sources is absorbed better if
vitamin C is added -- so throw some orange slices in that spinach salad. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage
A.Teens should take more calcium till they grow up to 30. B.Less participation in sports presupposes less intake of calory. C.Women should take less and less vitamin D when growing old. D.Women should take more and more vitamin D when growing old.