Medication
This is what Rx stands for.
What is Prescription?
What is an example of one benefit of good nutrition?
What is:
- Growth
- Improved Healing
- Maintenance of body function
This is the type of food that should fill up half of your plate according to Canada's Food Guide.
What are fruits and vegetables?
This is the most important nutrient necessary for life.
What is water?
What is the part of the food label that shows the number of calories and the amount of 13 core nutrients that are in a specific amount of food?
What is the nutrition facts table?
This is what Ref. stands for on a prescription label
What is Refills?
What is the name of the process of taking food and fluids into our body?
What is ingestion
What is the name of "good" fats for our body?
What is unsaturated fat?
What are 3 of the 6 types of nutrients?
What are: protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water
This is what % DV stands for.
What is percent daily value?
What is one purpose of medication?
What is to treat illness, promote health, or prevent illness.
This is the body's process of physically and chemically breaking down nutrients
What is digestion?
When buying products with grain like bread or pasta, you should try to find ones which are ____ grain.
What is whole grain?
The mineral needed by the body for healthy bones and teeth
What is calcium (or phosphorous)
This is the amount of calories an average person needs per day
What is 2000?
What are 3 types (forms) of medication we talked about in class?
What are:
- Capsules
- Tablets
- Syrup
- Inhalers
- Topical (cream, paste, ointment)
- Spray
- Solution
- Suppository
- Powder
This is the process by which substances pass through the intestinal wall into the blood
What is absorption?
These types of proteins are eaten by vegetarians and may provide more fibre and less saturated fat than meat based proteins.
What are plant-based proteins?
What are the 3 types of fats?
What are saturated, trans, and unsaturated fat
This is the part of the food label that is OPTIONAL (not mandatory or required by law)
What is a Nutrition claim?
This is the way that medication interacts with other medications or substances in the body
What is Drug Interaction?
This is the unit of energy supplied by our food.
What is a calorie?
These are the types of fats found in bakery products (cookies, cakes, doughnuts, etc.)
What are saturated and trans fats?
This is the nutrient that is needed for tissue growth and repair.
What is protein?
"Lowers your risk of heart disease" is an example of what kind of nutrition claim?
What is a health claim?