Vitamins &
Minerals
Minerals
A lack of this vitamin can cause neural tube defects in fetuses.
What is folate (B-9)?
This is a measure of the proportions of fat mass and fat-free mass in a person.
What is body composition?
This type of protein has the shortest shelf life.
What is fish?
This mineral is difficult for pregnant women to acquire through diet alone.
What is iron?
This type of reaction combines two molecules releasing a water molecule in the process.
What is a condensation reaction?
This class of vitamins plays a large role in energy metabolism.
What are the B-vitamins?
These types of beverages are only necessary after at least 60 minutes of moderate to high-intensity exercise or after periods of prolonged sweating.
What are sports beverages?
Washing these types of foods is recommended immediately before consuming and not sooner.
What are fruits or vegetables?
This age group classification tends to lose bone and muscle mass and gain fat.
This is the fluid that takes up the space between cells.
What is interstitial fluid?
The amount of these in food is impacted by their composition in the soil.
What are trace minerals?
This theory states that people will stay at about the same weight based on a preset amount set by their DNA.
What is set point theory?
This system identifies potentially hazardous points in the handling of food.
What is HACCP?
This mechanism, associated with dehydration, is diminished in older adults.
What is the thirst mechanism?
This condition is qualified by a deficiency in protein and total energy giving the appearance of wasting.
What is Marasmus?
The presence of this mineral enhances the absorption of non-heme iron and also needs Vitamin D to be absorbed itself.
What is calcium?
These types of dietary nutrients are the most efficient at replacing muscle glycogen.
What are carbohydrates?
This type of food should never be given to infants due to the risk of botulism.
What is honey?
This type of breastmilk contains a high percentage of fat and is released in the first few days following delivery.
What is colostrum?
The action of dietary nutrients crossing over the endothelium in the small intestine.
What is absorption?
These vitamins travel in chylomicrons and an overconsumption may cause toxicity due to their ability to be stored.
This composition of body tissue has the largest influence on metabolic rate.
What is lean body mass?
Cooking meat at high temperatures or over an open flame can produce these.
What are carcinogens?
Children experience an increase in basal metabolic rate (BMR) when going through these periods.
What are growth periods?
This substance is produced in the stomach when the bolus mixes with gastric juices.
What is chyme?