Nutrients
These are chemical substances that give your body what it needs to grow and function properly.
What are nutrients?
A type of fat found mainly in animal-based food, such as meat and dairy products.
What is saturated fat?
This vitamin is found in citrus fruits, broccoli, cabbage, spinach, and tomatoes. It promotes healing within the body, and helps maintain healthy teeth and gums.
What is Vitamin C?
These are foods that are rich in needed nutrients and have little or no solid fats, added sugars, refined starches, and sodium.
What are nutrient-dense foods?
These are weight-loss plans that often forbid eating certain types of food groups and may require the purchase of special, and often costly, prepared meals.
What are fad diets?
These are a major source of energy for the body; found in fruits, vegetables, grains, and milk products.
What are Carbohydrates?
Type of fat found in plant-based foods, such as vegetable oils, some peanut butters, and margarines, olives, salad dressing, nuts, and seeds.
What is unsaturated fat?
This vitamin helps absorb calcium for strong teeth and bones. It's found in fish, egg yolks, fortified dairy products, cereals, and sunlight.
What is Vitamin D?
This is a model for healthy eating that includes 5 food groups.
What is MyPlate?
Choosing not to eat any food or drink except water for a day or longer is called this.
What is fasting?
A type of nutrient largely made up of fatty acids, which provide a valuable source of energy.
What are fats?
This is the type of protein that contains all of the essential amino acids that humans needs for good health.
What are complete proteins?
This mineral is needed to help red blood cells carry oxygen to the bodies cells.
What is Iron?
This is a condition that results from people not receiving all the nutrients they need from the foods they eat.
What is undernutrition?
These are a person's thoughts and feelings about how he or she looks.
What is body image?
This is the nutrient the body uses to build and maintain all of its cells and tissues.
What are protein?
This is the undigestable material that helps with digestion. If you have a diet high in this you reduce your risk of cancer.
What is fiber?
You will find this mineral in the dairy group and in other foods. It is necessary for building strong bone tissue.
What is calcium?
This is a condition that results form people eating too many foods that contain high amounts of added sugar, solid fat, sodium, refined carbohydrates, or too many calories.
What is overnutrition?
These are artificial hormones used to treat certain types of muscular disorders that can have harmful side effects.
What are anabolic steroids?
These substances come from plants or animals that are necessary for normal growth and development.
What are vitamins?
This is a type of fat found in foods from animals, such as cows and goats; used to be found in many processed foods, such as packaged cookies and chips.
What are trans fats?
This vitamin is necessary for blood clotting and is found in liver, cereals, and cabbage.
What is Vitamin K?
This is the ratio of the various components - fat, bone, and muscle - that make up a person's body.
What is body composition?
This is an eating disorder in which a person has recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by purging.
What is bulimia nervosa?