Random About Nutrition
Nutrients needed in relatively small amounts to support normal health and body functions. Vitamins and minerals are micronutrients.
What is Micronutrients?
The primary fuel source for our body, particularly for our brain and for physical exercise.
What is Carbohydrates?
Foods that have been modified as little as possible, remaining in or near their natural state.
What is whole foods?
A substance or nutrient that contains the elements carbon and hydrogen. Carbs, lipids, proteins and vitamins are examples.
What is organic?
Tightly controlled experiments in which an intervention is given to determine its effect on a certain disease or health condition.
What is clinical trials?
Chemicals found in foods that are critical to human growth and function.
What is nutrients?
An important energy source for our body at rest and during low intensity exercise.
What is Fats?
A professional designation that requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in nutrition, completion of a supervised clinical experience, a passing grade on a national examination, and maintenance of registration with the academy of nutrition and dietetics.
What is a registered dietitian?
Foods that may have biologically active ingredients that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition. *Probiotics and prebiotics are two groups
What is functional foods?
The leading federal agency in the United States that protects the health and safety of people.
What is Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Our body needs this in relatively large amounts to support normal function and health. Examples: carbs, fats and proteins.
What is Macronutrients?
Assists with the release of macronutrients, critical to building and maintaining bone, muscle and blood; supports immune function and vision. Best food sources: fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats.
What is Vitamins?
Foods, beverages, or supplements containing living microorganisms that beneficially affect consumers by improving the intestinal microbial balance. Yogurt is a good option to increase your _______.
What is probiotics?
The complete population of microorganisms, including their genes, that inhabit the human body.
What is human microbiome?
Observational studies that compare groups with and without a condition, allowing researchers to gain a better understanding of factors that may influence disease.
What is case control studies?
A scientific discipline studying the interactions between genes, the environment and nutrition. Genetic expression is influenced by diet, body weight, substance use, and many other factors. This is why identical twins - who have the same DNA - commonly change as the twins age.
What is nutrigenomics
Function: Support tissue growth, repair and maintenance.
Composed of: Amino acids made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.
Best Food Sources: Meats, dairy products, seeds, nuts and legumes.
What is Proteins?
Foods that have been manipulated in some way to transform raw ingredients into products for consumption.
What is processed foods?
A set of nutritional reference values for the United States and Canada that applies to healthy people.
Studies that examine patterns of health and disease in defined populations. They commonly report the prevalence and incidence of disease.
What is epidemiological studies?
A multidimensional, active process by which people make choices that enhance their lives. Traditionally defined as the absence of disease, wellness is now considered an active process that we work on every day.
What is wellness?
Inorganic elements that assist in the regulation of many body processes and the maintenance of many body tissues.
What is Minerals?
Nondigestible food compounds that support the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the large intestine.
What is prebiotics?
__________________ that come on slowly and can persist for years, often despite treatment. ____________________ of particular interest in nutrition include obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and various cancers.
What is chronic disease?
The rate of new (or newly diagnosed) cases of a disease within a period of time.
What is incidence?