Ch.11 Key Terms
What is absorption?
The process in which blood or lymph capillaries pick up the digested nutriens,
What is a basal metabolic rate?
Body tissie maintaining its own.
What is carbohydrates?
The major source of readily usable human energy.
What is digestion?
The process by which the body breaks down food into smaller parts, changes the food chemically, and moves the food through the digestive system.
What are liquid diets?
Include both clear and full liquids.
What is anorexia Nervosa?
A phychological disorder in which a person reduces food intake or refuses to eat at all.
What is a bland diet?
Consits of easily digested food that does not irritate the digestive tract.
What is cellulose?
The diborous indigestible form of plant carbohydrate.
What is essential nutriens
Composed of chemical elements found in food.
What is low - cholesterol diet?
Restricts food that contains cholesterol and usually limits fats to less than 50 grams daily.
What is antioxidants ?
Organic molecules that protect the body of harmful chemicals.
What is bylimarexia?
A psychological disorder in which a person alternately binges then induces vomiting.
A sterol lipid found in body cells and animal products.
What is fat restricted diets?
Low fat diets.
What is metabolism?
Nutrients used by the cells for building tissue, providing energy, and regulating various body functions,
WHat is artherosclerosis?
Condition in which arteries are narrowed by the accumulation of fatty substances.
WHat is bulimia?
A psychological disorder in which a person binges and then fasts.
What is diabetes melitus?
Coronary heart disease
What is hypertension.
High blood pressure.
What is nutrition?
Nutrients used by the cells for building tissue, providing energy, and regulating various body functions,
What is basal metabolic rate?
Body tissue maintaining it's own.
Calorie controlled diets?
A psychological disorder in which a person binges and then fasts.
What is diabetic diet?
Used for patients with diabetes mellitus.
What are lipids?
Fats and oils.
What is protein diets?
Include low protein and high protein diets.