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11 Nutrition Math W hen Lamar’s friend Ritesh arrives, he wants to find out how nutritious the meal will be. Ritesh is also going to culinary school, but he’s focusing more on nutrition . He ex- plains to his friends that everybody needs a balance of different nutrients in their diets. Rashelle wants to know how fattening their meal will be, and if the foods are healthy ones. Ritesh explains that calories , fat, salt, and sugar are all important factors in how healthy a par- ticular food is. Unsaturated fat is better for you than saturated , he says. He pulls out his laptop and goes to a website that lets him type in different foods to find out their nutritional values.

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