Mind Games
This is the specific type of stress that is healthy, motivating, and helps you perform well under pressure, like right before a big game or a test.
What is eustress?
This major macronutrient is the human body's primary and preferred source of fuel and energy.
What are carbohydrates?
When researching online, these two website domain extensions are generally considered the most reliable and objective for scientific health data.
What are .gov and .edu?
This term describes any environmental factor that causes physical stress or damage to human hardware over time, such as smog, second-hand smoke, or loud industrial noises.
What is an environmental pollutant (or hazard)?
his is the highly addictive chemical found in all tobacco and vape products that hacks the brain's reward pathway.
What is nicotine?
In our class RAD writing framework, the R stands for Restate, the A stands for Answer, and the D stands for this.
What is Details?
This specific type of nutrient does not provide your body with energy calories, but it is absolutely essential for keeping your bones strong, your blood healthy, and your organs working properly. Examples include calcium and iron.
What are minerals?
This term describes a study or article that is funded by a company trying to sell a product, meaning the results might not be completely honest.
What is a conflict of interest (or bias)?
In a healthy relationship, this is the term for a clear, willing, and enthusiastic "yes" that must be given by both people before any physical or social activity takes place.
What is consent?
his fundamental life skill involves identifying a problem, brainstorming solutions, weighing the pros and cons of each, and picking the healthiest path forward.
What is decision-making?
This term describes the internal voice or thoughts you have about yourself, which can either be positive and supportive or negative and self-defeating.
What is self-talk?
On a nutrition label, ingredients are listed in this specific order.
What is by weight, from most to least?
This is the legal age in Minnesota to purchase tobacco or vaping products.
What is 21?
This is a major relationship "red flag" where one partner tries to dictate who the other person can hang out with, what they wear, or checks their phone without permission.
What is controlling behavior (or isolation)?
This basic unit of life contains your DNA code and can be damaged by environmental factors like UV radiation from the sun.
What is a cell?
When you are analyzing a health claim, this critical thinking skill involves separating objective, proven facts from someone's personal feelings or beliefs.
What is distinguishing fact from opinion?
This is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
What is aerobic uses oxygen for long-duration energy (like jogging), while anaerobic doesn't use oxygen and relies on short bursts of power (like sprinting)?
This is the term for a product that has the exact same active ingredients as a major brand-name medicine, but is sold at a lower price because it doesn't use the famous brand name.
What is a generic product (or generic medicine)?
This type of environmental health hazard cannot be seen or smelled but can leak into basements from the soil and cause lung cancer over time.
What is radon gas?
If your target behavior for the summer is to drink more water, placing a reusable water bottle directly on your desk every morning serves as this part of the habit loop.
What is the cue (or trigger)?
This is the body's automatic, primitive survival reaction to a perceived threat, which floods human hardware with adrenaline and speeds up the heart rate.
What is the fight-or-flight response?
These are three different hidden names for sugar that food companies frequently use on their ingredient lists to trick consumers. (I'll take 1)
What are high-fructose corn syrup, fructose, sucrose, dextrose, or cane crystals?
his is the name of the federal government agency responsible for protecting public health by making sure that medicines, vaccines, and the food supply are safe, effective, and properly labeled before they can be sold to consumers.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
This communication style is the healthiest option because it balances standing up for your own rights while still respecting the rights and feelings of others.
What is assertive communication?
This term describes the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by $1^\circ\text{C}$, which we commonly use to measure the energy content of our food.
What is a calorie (or kilocalorie)?