Carbohydrates
The glucose in your bloodstream
What is Blood sugar?
A strand of amino acids; a substance made and used in every cell in your body.
What is protein?
One of the two types of essential fatty acids your body needs. Among other foods, it can be found in tuna, dark leafy green vegetables and flax seeds.
What are Omega 3s?
One of the minerals that your body needs most. It is found in table salt.
What is Sodium?
The smallest units of an element that retain the properties of the element.
What are atoms?
The nine amino acids that your body cannot make, but that are essential (required) for your cells to make the proteins they need.
What are Essential amino acids?
A protein, such as those from meat or eggs, that contains all nine essential amino acids.
What are complete proteins?
Which type of essential fatty acid does your body need the greatest amount? It is found in most cooking oils.
Omega 6?
Minerals are found where?
Lakes, streams, rivers, earth, oceans
The substances found in food and drink that your body needs to be healthy?
Your body turns most carbohydrates into this simple carbohydrate.
What is Glucose?
Proteins are made if what kind of molecules strung together.
What are Amino Acids?
The unhealthy fats that have been industrially altered through hydrogenation.
What are Trans fats?
A mineral found in seawater and iodized salt?
What is Iodine?
Units we use to measure food energy?
What are Calories?
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms linked together in specific forms that can be broken down to give your body the energy it needs.
What are Carbohydrates?
A Protein (like those found in veggies) that contains only some of the essential amino acids.
What are incomplete protein?
The fatty acids your body can’t make but must have to continue making the special fats in need to survive.
What are the Essential Fatty Acids?
Something that helps stop the oxidation process?
What is an Antioxidant?
The lack of water in ones body
What is dehydration?
The very sweet sugar found in most fruits?
What is fructose?
Foods that supply complete protein.
What are cheese, eggs, milk and meats such as chicken, beef, pork and fish.
An another name for fats, based on the three fatty acid chains linked to a glycerol to make a fat?
What are triglycerides?
This occurs when fruits are exposed to air, and the oxygen stimulates cellular enzymes to begin to break down the cell walls, turning the fruit brown?
What is Oxidation?
The name of fats that are usually liquid at room temperature, such as those that come from olives or nuts.
What are unsaturated fats?
The measure for how quickly food releases energy (in the form of glucose) into your bloodstream.
What is the Glycemic Index?
Name two non-complete proteins, that when paired together make a complete protein.
What is rice and beans, and peanut butter and wholewheat bread?
The name of fats that are usually solid at room temperature, such as butter.
What are Saturated Fats?
Minerals are responsible for strong bones and healthy blood.
What are calcium and iron?
The liver changes glucose into this complex carbohydrate. It becomes stored energy for later use.
What is Glycogen?