Designing a Healthy Diet
Foods that are high in Calories for a small amount of weight.
What is energy density?
Translates the DRI nutrient requirements into food and beverage recommendations.
What are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
One or more types of tissue combine to form this.
What are organs?
Basic unit of all carbohydrates.
What are monosaccharides?
The building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
Determined by the level of a given nutrient per unit energy (Kcals)
What is nutrient density?
A healthy eating plan that illustrates the key elements of a healthy diet.
What is MyPlate?
Entire collection of chemical processes involved in maintaining life.
What is metabolism?
What is the major monosaccharide found in the body?
What is glucose?
Valine, leucine, and isoleucine
What are the branch chained amino acids?
Low nutrient density foods are also called ___
What are empty calories?
The process of adding back essential nutrients to food products to improve their nutritional value
What is fortification?
Conduit/tubes that carries blood and is pumped by the heart.
What is the circulatory system?
These 10-1000+ monosaccharides are bonded together, forming complex carbohydrate that are slow to digest.
What are polysaccharides?
When the synthesis of essential to nonessential amino acids fails?
What are genetic errors or inborn errors of metabolism (IEM)?
A state in which nutritional intake of nutrients greatly exceeds the body’s needs.
What is overnutrition?
This hormone that helps to delay gastric emptying.
What is CCK (Cholescystokinin)?
Its overall function is to breakdown food and absorb it in the body.
What is the digestive system?
Stored form of glucose in the muscles and liver.
What is glycogen?
Supplies all the EAA’s in the right amounts to support growth and maintenance.
What are complete proteins?
Which nutrients provide energy?
CHO, Lipids (fats), protein (and alcohol)
Failure to regulate blood glucose that leads to hyperglycemia (high blood glucose).
What is diabetes?
A hormone made in the stomach, stimulates release of gastric acid and enzymes.
What is gastrin?
Its intake limits the absorption of cholesterol.
What is soluble fiber?
The term used for the feeling of fullness one gets after consuming a protein dense meal.
What is satiety?