Nutrients- Macro & Micro
Fit or Fat?
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I should eat what???
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This simple sugar is the sweetest of the sugars and occurs naturally in fruits.
What is fructose?
100
This is the equation that closely determines a person's calorie needs.
What is the Mifflin St. Jeor Equation
100
This is a unit of energy
What is a calorie?
100
These are the set daily recommendations for nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are needed to prevent disease and maintain optimal health.
What are the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)?
100
This is the number 1 cause of death in the U.S.
What is heart disease?
200
This is a plant's way of storing glucose and is composed of hundreds to thousands of glucose molecules.
What is starch?
200
These are the 5 factors that are considered when calculating energy needs using the Mifflin St Jeor equation.
What is gender, age, weight, height, and activity factor?
200
There are this many calories in one gram of fat.
What is 9?
200
The DRI's are only meant for this population.
What is healthy or without disease?
200
This is the symbiotic colony of bacteria that is found in MFF Kombucha Live Soda.
What is SCOBY?
300
This is the percentage of saturated fat that My Fit Food meal plans should stay under.
What is 10%?
300
This is the normal waist circumference in inches of an adult male.
What is less than or equal to 40 inches?
300
The number of calories that are in 30 grams of alcohol.
What is 210 calories?
300
This DRI is what is found to be sufficient for about half of the population.
What is Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)?
300
These are the wave-like muscular contractions of the GI tract that push food contents along.
What is peristalsis?
400
This is the number of ESSENTIAL amino acids. They can only be obtained through the diet.
What is 9?
400
These are the units used when calculating a person's Body Mass Index.
What is kg and meters squared OR lbs and inches squared?
400
This measures the AMOUNT OF ENERGY a food provides relative to the weight of the food item.
What is energy density?
400
This DRI is set when there is insufficient evidence to establish an EAR or RDA.
What is Adequate Intake (AI)?
400
This is a complication of diabetes that causes nerve damage in the extremities.
What is Peripheral Neuropathy?
500
The enrichment of bread is mandatory by law to prevent certain nutrient deficiencies. Name 3 of the 5 micronutrients that are added to bread.
What is iron, thiamin, niacin, folic acid, or riboflavin?
500
This is the BMI range that is classified as Obesity I.
What is 30 - 34.9 kg/meters squared?
500
This is the amount of VITAMINS/MINERALS and HEALTH BENEFICIAL SUBSTANCES in relation to the overall size/weight of the food item.
What is Nutrient Density?
500
These vitamins do not have an established Upper Intake Level. Name 2.
What is thiamin, riboflavin, B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, OR vitamin K?
500
This is the estimated number of bacteria living in a healthy GI tract.
What is 10 trillion?
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