Wheat, rice, and corn are examples of this type of complex carbohydrate
What is Starch?
100
Main function is to control important chemical reactions in the body and helps to keep bones strong, and blood healthy
Needed in small amounts to help keep bones strong, teeth healthy, blood healthy.
What are minerals?
100
The hormone that brings down high levels of glucose in the blood
What is Insulin?
100
The body's inability to produce enough insulin to regulate the blood glucose levels normally
What is Diabetes?
100
When the food supplies calories, but does not supply nutrients
What is Empty Calorie?
200
This form of complex carbohydrate slows the absorption of glucose
What is Fiber?
200
Helps move foods and nutrients through our bodies and aids in digestion
What is Water?
200
Diabetes occurs due to problems in this organ
What is the Pancreas?
200
The condition in which the body is unable to digest lactose is called
What is Lactose Intolerance?
200
Nutrients that break down to yield energy for the body to use. Also called macro-nutrients.
What are Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins?
300
The three types of carbohydrates
What is Sugar, Starch, and Fiber?
300
Vitamins ___, ____, _____, and _____ are fat soluble vitamins
What are vitamins A, D, E, and K?
300
The nutrient that has the greatest effect on blood sugar levels
What is Carbohydrates?
300
________ is an abnormally high blood glucose (blood sugar) level.
What is Hypoglycemia?
300
_________is the measure of energy a food provides relative to the amount of food.
What is Energy Density?
400
This naturally occurring source of sucrose and fructose is better than table sugar because it contains fiber, vitamins, and minerals
What are Fruits?
400
These essential nutrients help your body use other nutrients, store and use energy and fight infection
What are Vitamins?
400
Another name for low blood glucose is
What is Hyperglycemia?
400
_______is a disease that weakens bones and makes them more likely to break. This condition may be caused by a lack of calcium and vitamin D.
What is Osteoporosis?
400
Used by the body to store energy and has twice as many calories as carbohydrates.
What is Fat?
500
Provides energy reserves in the muscles and the liver
What is Glycogen?
500
Building blocks for the body for growth and repair
What is Protein?
500
A form of glucose intolerance that is diagnosed in some women during pregnancy
What is Gestational Diabetes?
500
_________ is a condition in which you don't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body's tissues. This condition is caused by a lack of the mineral iron.