FLOURINE -is an essential trace element that is capable of inducing characteristic dental and/or bony

changes when ingested in chronic excess. Fluorosis is the term used to denote chronic fluoride toxicity.
Teacher Insight! Nutrition is essential for growth and development, health and well being. Eating healthy
diet contributes to prevent future illness and and improve quality and length of life. Your nutritional
status is a state of your health as determined by what you eat. Now that you just learned about the
concepts on basic nutrition, such as how food is digested in the body, the different types of nutrients
fount in food, and how each of these affects your health. These information have tipped you on how to
help your clients make a healthy food choices and to have a balance diet. As future health care provider,
it is your duty and responsibility to encourage clients to have a healthy lifestyle by feeding them
information, what is necessary and what is to be avoided to help them achieve quality of life.