Nutrition Basics
Macronutrients
Metabolism and Energy
Micronutrients
Life Cycle
100
Another word for fats
What are lipids?
100
This is the chemical name for "table sugar"
What is sucrose?
100
This is what ATP stands for.
What is adenosine triphosphate?
100
These are all inorganic types of micronutrients. 
What are minerals?
100
This condition reduces function of insulin in the pregnant mother
What is gestational diabetes?
200
A word for a "fake treatment" that a control group may receive in an experiment?
What is a placebo?
200
This is the most common type of lipid.
What is triglyceride?
200
This "chain" in the mitochondria produces most of the ATP in metabolism.
What is the electron transport chain?
200
This vitamin can be made by bacteria in the ileum of the small intestine and the large intestine.
What is vitamin K?
200
This vitamin is often supplemented in newborns.
What is vitamin K (or vitamin D)?
300
These are shown as percentages of fat, sodium, and some micronutrients present on nutrition facts panels.
What are Daily Values?
300
This type of macronutrient in foods is responsible for causing most cases of allergies.
What is protein?
300
This is also known as BMR.
What is basal metabolism?
300
This is also known as vitamin B1.
What is thiamin?
300
This degeneration of bone joints can reduce an elderly person's ability to care for themselves.
What is arthritis?
400
Foodborne illnesses can be caused by these non-living entities.
What is viruses (or prions)?
400
This is the chemical name for alcohol
What is ethanol?
400
This is a value that represents when a subject can no longer increase oxygen use as workload increases.
What is VO2max?
400
Over-consumption of this cation is known to increase blood pressure.
What is sodium?
400
A fetus that has developed fewer than this number of weeks is known as "pre-term" 
What is 37 weeks?
500
This accessory organ produces bile. 
What is the liver?
500
This chronic degenerative condition is characterized by the loss of hepatocytes seen in some alcoholics. 
Cirrhosis. 
500
This is the practice of eating meals rich in pasta and potatoes preceding an endurance athletic event.
What is carb (glycogen) loading?
500
This vitamin is found in fish, eggs, vegetables, and it helps prevent night blindness. 
What is vitamin A?
500
This is the extent to which an organ can preserve essentially normal function despite decreasing cell number or cell activity.
What is reserve capacity?
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