Nutrition
Nutrition
What is the process by which your body takes in and uses energy?
6 total nutrients
How many nutrients are there?
the basic nutrient that supplies the body with the energy needed to sustain normal activity
What are carbohydrates?
A nutritional food label
This provides a list of ingredients and amounts of servings.
Protein
Can be found in animal products, legumes, grains and nuts
Hunger
This is the physiological need to eat
a nutrient that is indigestible and softens stools by absorbing water
What is fiber?
proteins
What plays a role in developing and repairing bone, muscle, skin and blood cells.
Food additives
These are substances added to food to produce a desired effect.
Minerals
Vitamins cannot be absorbed without this nutrient
calories
A basic unit of measure that indicates the amount of energy obtained from a particular food
saturated, unsaturated, and trans
What are the three kinds of fats?
forms of carbohydrates
Simple, complex, fiber.
A nutritional food label
What do all sources of food and beverages have to have on them?
Water
Major component of blood, which carries oxygen and nutrients to the body
vegetables, wholemeal cereals, dairy, meats, fats, foods high in sugar
What are the categories, from ascending order, on the food pyramid according to MyPyramid?
substances in food that your body needs to grow, repair itself, and supply you with energy
What are nutrients?
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
What are the three sources of energy?
There are 36 total servings
If a food label has a serving size of 6, and the servings per container is 6, how many total servings are there in the entire box?
Vitamins
Essential organic compounds that promote growth and reproduction and help maintain life and health.
family, friends, advertisements, culture, and money
What are 5 ways that life influences what we eat?
order from highest contribution/weight to the overall product
The ingredients on a food label are listed in what order?
Essential amino acids are acids that our bodies need because it cant produce them by itself. Non essential amino acids are acids produced by the body.
What are essential and non essential amino acids?
% Daily Value
Food allergies
Overreaction by the body to normally harmless proteins, which are perceived as allergens.