Nutrition Basics
This is the term for the amount of calories that our body burns while we are at rest, the keep our body systems functioning.
"How many calories we burn if we do nothing"
What is BMR or basal metabolic rate?
Our body breaks carbohydrates down into this fancy name for sugar, to be eventually used as energy.
What is GLUCOSE?
Proteins break down into these substances, of which 9 are considered essential and 11 are considered nonessential.
What are AMINO ACIDS?
This is another word for fat contents in our food.
What is LIPIDS?
True or False: If a person is deficient in a vitamin or mineral, or doesn't get enough of it in their diet, they can take supplements to increase their intake to proper levels.
What is TRUE?
A food that contains 2g of Carbs, 1g of Fats and 5g of Protein would provide this many calories.
What is 37 calories worth of energy?
This is a carbohydrate that our body can't break down, which is essential for digestive health and reduces the risk of many different types of diseases.
What is FIBER?
True or False: Proteins are especially important in our diet because they often also contain many essential micronutrients.
What is TRUE?
What are TRANS fats?
This is the vitamin that a person can get from sunlight.
What is Vitamin D?
TRUE OR FALSE: When a person is more active, they want to eat less calories to maintain a healthy caloric intake.
What is FALSE
More active = need more calories/energy
Quinoa, whole grain bread, wheat pasta and starchy vegetables like potatoes are all examples of this kind of carbohydrates.
What are COMPLEX carbs?
Most digestion and absorption of the proteins we eat happens within this organ.
What is the SMALL INTESTINE?
These are considered the healthiest forms of fats and tend to come from more plant based proteins.
What are UNSATURATED FATS?
Avoid high quantities of these types of foods if you are trying to take in the appropriate amounts of micronutrients.
What are PROCESSED foods
This macronutrient provides the most energy (calories) per gram.
What is fats?
These are the types of carbs that break down and become energy for the body very quickly.
What are SIMPLE carbs?
One gram of protein is equal to this many calories worth of energy.
What is 4?
These are the 3 types of fats.
What are SATURATED, UNSATURATED and TRANS fats?
These are the two main classes of micronutrients.
What are vitamins and minerals?
This is the word for the amount of energy in the food that we eat.
What is CALORIES?
One gram of carbohydrates is equal to this many calories worth of energy.
What is 4?
COMPLETE proteins are mainly found in these protein sources, and can also be found in tofu and some other alternate proteins.
What are animal/meat based sources?
One gram of fats is equal to this many calories worth of energy.
What is 9?
TRUE OR FALSE: Micronutrients start with the prefix 'micro' because they are less important than the macronutrients in our diet.
What is FALSE
Need less quantities of micronutrients, but just as important.