MICRONUTRIENTS
These micronutrients are known by their letters:
(A, B, C, D, K, etc.)
What are vitamins?
These are the building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
What important roles fats play in the body.
What is storing some vitamins, keeping skin healthy, healing the body, proper cell function, and energy storage?
Bread, rice, pasta, beans, nuts, & vegetables are examples of this type of carbohydrate.
What is a complex carbohydrate?
60% of your body is comprised of this macronutrient.
What is water?
These micronutrients are not living and are found in the ground and water sources.
What are minerals?
Fish, meat, dairy, & eggs are good sources of this type of protein because they contain all 9 essential amino acids.
What is a complete protein?
3 fatty acid molecules + 1 glycerol molecule
What are triglycerides?
Fruit and some vegetables are considered this type of carbohydrate.
What are simple carbohydrates?
This helps enzymes to function better in the body. Micronutrients sometimes play this role.
What are coenzymes?
These are stored in your body's fat.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
This is how many different types of amino acids your body needs.
This is the most dangerous kind of fat formed when an unsaturated fat is changed to a saturated fat by a process called hydrogenation.
What are trans fats?
Our bodies like to turn all carbohydrates into this simple carbohydrate.
What is glucose?
This is the white, starchy part of the wheat used in making white flour.
What is endosperm?
These micronutrients are dissolved in water & your body cannot store them.
What are water-soluble vitamins?
These food items are examples of incomplete proteins since they do not contain all 9 of the essential amino acids your body needs.
What are vegetables, beans, nuts, & mushrooms?
These are the types of fat your body must get from food sources because it does not produce these on it's own. Examples are Omega 3 and 6.
What are essential fatty acids?
Extra glucose in the body gets changed into this complex carbohydrate.
What is glycogen?
This measures how quickly food releases energy into your bloodstream.
What is the glycemic index?
This disease is caused by a lack of Vitamin D & calcium.
What is rickets?
These make up the molecules that link together and sometimes form amino acids.
What are atoms?
These healthy fats are solid at room temperature & include: butter, lard, and coconut oil.
What are saturated fats?
Another name for table sugar
What is sucrose?
This disease sets in when the body is deprived of Vitamin C for several weeks.
What is scurvy?