Water
List something water does for your body.
Flushes toxins from organs.
Protects your joints.
Aids digestion and carries nutrients and oxygen to cells.
Regulates body temperature.
What do carbs do for your body?
List 2 things protein does for your body.
Build and repair muscle tissue, bones, teeth, nails, and hair
Make hormones
Builds and repairs cells
List 2 things that fat does for your body?
Helps us absorb certain vitamins
Stores energy
Protects and insulates organs and joints
Are vitamins and minerals micro or macro nutrients?
Micro!
List 2 symptoms of dehydration.
Decrease urination
Lightheaded or fatigue
Constipation
Persistent bad breath
Headache
Chills
List 3 foods that are high in carbs.
Bread, rice, pasta
List 3 foods that are high in protein.
Meat, beans, dairy
Saturated, unsaturated, and trans
What are the 2 things your body needs to absorb vitamins?
Water and Fat
RANDOM QUESTION!! Which nutrients do we need a very small amount of these types of nutrients daily.
Micronutrients
Do simple or complex carbs break down slowly in the body and provide sustained energy?
Complex!
RANDOM QUESTION!!! List 1 role the government has when it comes to regulating our food.
Food labels
Announcing recalls
Regulate what chemicals and additives are allowed in food
Which type of fat is the best for your body?
Unsaturated
Are vitamins or minerals organic compounds?
Vitamins are organic compounds, meaning they contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (and sometimes nitrogen), unlike minerals which are inorganic.
RANDOM QUESTION!!!! What do we use to measure of the amount of energy produced when food is burned by the body?
Calories
Glucose, or _________ ___________, is the main source of energy for your body's cells, tissues, and organs.
Blood Sugar
List a food that is considered an incomplete protein?
Beans, Peanut butter, etc. (something that is not an animal product)
List a type of food that has saturated fat in it
animal products like eggs and steak
RANDOM QUESTION!!! What does it mean when something is nutrient dense?
Nutrient-dense foods can be defined as foods that provide vitamins, minerals, and other health-promoting components.
How much water should you drink daily?
Your body weight divided by 2 is how many oz of water you should consume
Which type of carbohydrate that the body can’t digest, which helps regulate the body’s use of sugars and gut health?
Fiber
RANDOM QUESTION!!! How many of the essential nutrients are macronutrients?
4 of them
Vegetables/plants like avocado, olives, nuts
All of the B vitamins and vitamin C are ________ soluble.
Water!