Water
When you sweat, what is that doing for your body?
Cooling it down
What disease can be linked to eating too much sugar?
Diabetes
What can you find on most food packaging that tells you if it is healthy or not?
Nutrition label
Junk food is okay to eat as long as it is in _________.
Moderation
What type of diabetes can a person be born with?
Type 1 Diabetes
Name 3 ways your body loses water.
Sweating, breathing, urinating, defecating, vomiting, spitting, crying
Which organ filters blood and removes waste, and produces bile?
Liver
What is the healthiest type of fat?
Unsaturated fat
Name 2 effects of eating too much junk food.
Obesity, heart disease, clogged arteries, diabetes
If you don't exercise, what happens to the unused carbohydrates in your body?
They are stored as fat
Which organ produces insulin, which is needed for sugar to get into our cells?
Pancreas
What salty mineral can be unhealthy if we consume too much of it?
Sodium
Think back to our experiment with the red liquid in the jars. The butter represented fat and what “C” word?
Cholesterol
Besides water, what else can hydrate you?
Other liquids, or foods with higher water content
When you don’t have enough water, you may become ______________. When you have too much water, you may become ________________.
Dehydrated, overhydrated
What are the two types of carbohydrates?
Simple and complex carbs
What two nutrients give our body energy?
Carbohydrates and fats
If you have clogged arteries, what is being restricted in your body?
Blood flow
What does protein do for our body?
Builds and repairs body tissue
When urine leaves the bladder, it goes into a tube that carries it out of the body. What is that called?
Urethra
Sugar is broken down in the body into its simplest form, called ______________.
Glucose
What two types of fats are considered unhealthy?
Saturated and trans fat
What is the most common ingredient found in junk food?
High fructose corn syrup
How does exercising help clean out your arteries?
Exercising improves your blood flow