Healthy Eating 101
The 5 food groups
What are fruits, veggies, meats, dairy, grains
Another name for carbon-containing nutrients.
What are organic nutrients.
According to your instructor, this is the most important fact on the food label.
What are the ingredients.
The AMDR for fats/lipids.
What is 20-35%?
This is the term for an important edible plant structure that is not digested. (hint -- it goes to the large intestine)
What is fiber.
The amount of calories per gram found in fats/lipids.
What is 9 calories per gram?
These are the macronutrients.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats
When looking at a food label, a percentage equal to or greater than _____ indicates a good source of a nutrient per serving.
What is 20%
This is the storage form of glucose. (hint - it is stored in the liver, muscles, and brain)
What is glycogen?
The primary organ for absorption of nutrients.
What is the small intestine.
This is the AMDR for protein.
What is 10 - 35% of daily calories?
These 3 nutrients do not yield energy (calories) during their metabolism.
What are vitamins, minerals, and water.
This is how many grams are in 1 teaspoon of sugar.
What is 4 grams.
This term is a measure/concept of nutrients per calorie of food. A food with a higher measure would contain vitamins and minerals with relatively few calories.
What is nutrient density?
The stomach's main function is the digestion of this nutrient.
What is protein.
This is the AMDR for carbohydrates.
What is 45-65% of daily caloric intake.
This is the term used for the nutrient displays on the food label. They can help compare food items and understand the recommended amounts needed.
What are the daily values.
This is what you look for on a food label to indicate the item is a whole grain.
What is "whole"?
*also note, if it says enriched - it is not a whole grain.
The recommended limit of sugar intake (teaspoons per day)
What is about 6-9?
The majority of lipids are absorbed into this fluid transport system before entering the bloodstream.
What is the lymphatic system or lymph?
These are the 5 characteristics to a nutritious diet. (ABC's of healthy eating...)
What is adequacy, balance, caloric control, moderation, and variety
These are the inorganic nutrients.
What are minerals and water.
This is the number of teaspoons of sugar in 40 grams.
What is 10 teaspoons?
The amount of calories in 5 grams of protein.
What is 20.
This hormone is released by the pancreas when blood sugar/glucose is high.
What is insulin.