Vitamins/Minerals
Vitamins and minerals are not digested, T or F.
What is true?
What is nutrition?
The place where digestion begins.
What is the mouth?
The best source for long lasting energy.
What are complex carbs?
Having a high nutrient-to-calorie ratio.
What is nutrient dense?
What are water-soluble vitamins?
Substances that are needed for the body's maintenance and growth and must come from the diet.
What are essential nutrients?
Chemical & mechanical process of breaking down food to release nutrients in a form your body can absorb
What is digestion?
The main organ where the most digestion occurs and nutrients are absorbed for energy.
What is the small intestine?
Figures that tell what percentage of nutrient a food supplies in a healthful diet.
What are daily values?
The four fat-soluble vitamins.
What are vitamins A, D, E and K?
Combining oxygen to bring about a chemical reaction.
What is oxidation?
The system that absorbs proteins, carbs, and fats in the digestive system.
What is the circulatory system?
Process that controls chemical balance.
What is osmosis?
Newer guidelines for nutrient intake, still being formulated.
What are dietary reference intakes?
Two minerals that work together to help with fluid balance and muscle contractions.
What are sodium and potassium?
Taking in oxygen to produce heat-releasing, life sustaining chemical reactions in the cell.
What is respiration?
The main acid used for digestion in the stomach.
What is hydrocholoric acid?
Breaking down complex molecules into simpler ones
What is catabolism?
Substances that should be eliminated from the diet.
What are salt, sugar, and cholesterol?
Mineral that forms hemoglobin.
What is iron?
A type of protein involved in the chemical activities in living cells.
What are enzymes?
The first nutrient to be digested.
What are carbs?
Combining molecules during chemical processes to build materials of living tissue
What is anabolism?
The element that allows fats, proteins and carbs to produce energy.
What is carbon?