Key term
Absorption-
The process in which blood or lymph capillaries pick up the digested nutrients
Anorexia Nervosa
Psychological disorder in which a person drastically reduces food intakes or refuses to eat at all.
Antioxidants
Organic molecules that help protect the body from harmful chemicals call free radicals.
Atherosclerosis -
Condition in which arteries are narrowed by the accumulation of fatty substances.
Basal Metabolic rate
The rate at which the body uses energy for maintaining its own tissue, without doing any voluntary work.
Bland diet
Consists of easily digested food that do not irritate the digestive tract
Body Mass index-
Is a calculation to weight in relation to height and correlates this with body fat.
Bulimarexia
A psychological disorder in which a person alternatively binges, and then induces vomiting or uses laxatives to get rid of food that has been eaten.
Bulimia
A psychological disorder in which a person alternately binges, and then fasts, or refuses to eat all or starts to exercise after binging.
Calorie-
An amount of energy contained in food
Calorie-Controlled diets
Both low-calorie and high-calorie diets.
Carbohydrates
Major source of readily usable human energy
Cellulose-
The fibrous form of plant carbohydrate
Cholesterol
Sterol lipid found in body cells and animal products
Diabetes Mellitus
Metabolic disease caused by an insufficient secretion of insulin leading to an increased level of sugar in the blood, with heredity, obesity, lack of exercise, and diets high in cholesterol .
Diabetic diet-
Used for patients with diabetes mellitus
Digestion
The process by which the body breaks down into smaller parts, changes the food chemically.
Essential nutrients-
Composed of chemical elements found in food.
Fat-restricted diets
Limits fats to less than 50 grams daily
Fats -
Organic compounds
Fiber diets-
Usually classified as high fiber or low fiber.
Hypertension
high blood pressure that be can cause by an excess amount of fat or salt in the diet can lead to the disease of the heart, blood vessel, and kidney
Lipids
Type of fat and oils
Liquid diets
Include clear and full liquids.
Low-cholesterol diet
Restricted food that contains cholesterol and usually limited fats less than 50 grams daily..