Chronic Disease
What is the leading cause of death in the US?
Heart Disease
What are the superhero agents found in fruits and veggies that fight off free radicals?
antioxidants
Study free radicals and what environments/toxins increase them.
What are the three macronutrients?
Fat, protein, carbs
What are the two micronutrients?
Vitamins and Minerals
Number of calories in a pound?
3500
List three risk factors associated with heart disease.
age, race, gender, smoking, obesity, family history, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, etc....
_______ fiber delays stomach emptying, slow movement of glucose in blood after eating, reduce absorption of cholesterol and aids in constipation.
Soluble fiber
What is insoluble fiber?
Fat, protein and carbs supply energy in different amounts. This energy is also called ______?
calories
What are the calories/gram of each?
what are the two types of soluble vitamins?
fat soluble (4)
water soluble (9)
be familiar with the diffence
What is the condition called when the pancreas makes insulin but the body does not respond properly.
Type 2 Diabetes
A form of heart disease in which the inner layers of artery walls are made thick and irregular by plaque deposits comprised of cholesterol and other substances; where the arteries become narrowed, and blood supply is reduced
Atherosclerosis
What is the process of adding hydrogen to oils to produce artificial trans fats in processed foods?
Hydrogenation
What does it do to the oil?
Building block of protein are called?
Amino Acid
How many total? How many must get from food? How many does the body produce?
What are inorganic elements needed in small amounts to regulate body function, aid in growth, maintenance of body tissue and help release energy?
minerals
Refinement removes bran and germ only leaving _______in grains?
endosperm
This condition is caused by blocked or narrowed blood vessels in the brain due to fatty deposits or blood clots.
Stroke
Name three alternative diets that restricts or eliminates animal products?
vegan
laco-vegitarian
lacto-ovo-vegetarian
pescatarian
Fats that come from animal products are called _____? This type of fat increases which type of cholesterol ______?
Saturated fats
LDL (bad)
study HDL (good), know the recommended levels of each, know what foods can increase or decrease levels.
What mineral can increase blood pressure if consume too much?
sodium (salt)
what are the daily recommendations?
Being preoccupied by worries that one's body is “too small” or “not muscular enough” despite having a normal build, or in many cases, an objectively extremely “buff” physique is called?
muscle or body dysmorphia
What are major risk factors that can cause chronic disease that can not be changed?
What is the ideology that food is the sum of it's nutritional parts?
Nutritionism
Be familiar with this concept.
_________ carbohydrates, found in foods like whole grains and vegetables, break down slowly and give the body long-lasting energy — unlike their simple counterparts found in candy and soda.
complex
Study food sources of both complex and simple carbohydrate
The majority of salt is consumed in what type of food?
processed foods
In In Defense of Food, the author sums up his philosophy in just seven words: this simple phrase encourages people to eat real, whole foods instead of processed products. Mantra for the book.
Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants
Familiarize yourself specifically with section III of the book.