Carbohydrates, Fats, and Proteins
Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
Choosing a Healthful Diet
Random
100
Which of these is not a macro-nutrient:
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Minerals
What is Minerals?
100
Which of these is not a micro-nutrient:
Vitamins
Proteins
Minerals
What are Proteins?
100
A food to which nutrients have been added.
What are fortified foods?
100
Depending on whom you talk to, candy bars, potato chips, cookies, tacos, or pizza may be called ___ ___.
What is junk food?
100
The classes of nutrients include:
carbohydrates and fats
proteins and water
minerals and vitamins
all of the above
What is all of the above?
200
Carbohydrates and fats have this in common:
they are both good sources of energy
they both are made of many sugar molecules
they both cause heart disease
all of the above
What are they are both good sources of energy?
200
This vitamin is needed for the production of bone and red blood cells and absorption of iron.
What is calcium?
200
The last date a food should be used before the chance of spoilage.
What is an expiration date?
200
The last date a perishable food should be sold.
What is the sell by date?
200
_____ aids in digestion.
What is fiber?
300
High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is known as the ___ ___.
What is good cholesterol?
300
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are known as the ___ ___.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
300
A food whose genes have been modified to produce desirable characteristics.
What is genetically modified?
300
There are ___ calories in one serving.
What is 230?
300
Healthful snack choices include:
chips and a candy bar
low-nutrient density foods
high-nutrient density foods
none of the above; snacking is a bad habit
What are high-nutrient density foods?
400
Animal proteins such as meat, eggs, and dairy products contain all the essential amino acids. These proteins are called ___ ___.
What are incomplete proteins?
400
The minerals that are important for the development and maintenance of bones are:
calcium, copper, iron, and phosphorus
calcium, copper, magnesium, and phosphorus
calcium, copper, fluoride, and phosphorus
calcium, chromium, magnesium, and phosphorus
What are calcium, copper, magnesium, and phosphorus?
400
The largest amount of a nutrient you can take without risking toxicity?
What are Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)?
400
This helps keep food from from spoiling and it improves the taste, smell, texture, and appearance.
What are additives?
400
Which statement best describes the relationship between diet and health:
A healthy diet prevents heart disease and diabetes.
Diet has little influence on health.
Diet can affect the risk of developing heart disease and other ailments.
A healthy diet boosts metabolism.
What is diet can affect the risk of developing heart disease and other ailments?
500
Most __ __ are solid at room temperature and come from animal food such as meat and milk.
What are saturated fats?
500
All of the B vitamins are ___ vitamins.
What is water-soluble?
500
A food to which nutrients have been added to restore some of those lost in the processing of the food.
What are enriched foods?
500
Vegetarian diets:
can contain beef.
are boring.
are always healthy.
can be low in iron.
What is can be low in iron?
500
The Serving Size is:
What is 2/3 cup?