Macronutrients & Energy
The overarching term for the primary types of foods we learned about.
What are Macronutrients?
Foods containing sugar or glucose belong to this macronutrient group.
What are Carbohydrates/Carbs?
Besides vegetables and fruits, this food group is listed as a source of fiber.
What are beans?
The total count of fat classifications listed on the guide.
What is three?
Marketing claims on food boxes are specifically labeled with this phrase.
What are Buzz words?
The final source of energy that our body uses for fuel.
What are fats?
The number of calories found in one gram of carbs.
What is 4 calories per gram?
The foods responsible for rebuilding tears in our muscles are called this.
What are proteins?
Fats found in avocados, nuts, and fish fall under this healthy classification.
What are unsaturated fats?
"Organic," "natural," "low fat," and this word represent marketing buzz words.
What is healthy?
What you must actually read on food packaging to determine its healthiness.
What is the label?
The category of carbohydrates that consists of only 1-2 sugar/glucose molecules.
What are Simple-Carbs?
The building blocks that make up the protein macronutrient.
What are amino-acids?
Fats found in butter, fatty meats, and tree/tropical oil belong to this class
What are saturated fats?
Instead of relying on package buzz words, you must do this to truly determine healthiness.
What is read the label?
This specific unit is used to measure energy in food.
What are calories?
Foods that specifically contain starches and fiber are called this.
What are Complex-Carbs?
Out of the 20 amino acids, this specific number must come directly from food.
What is 9?
Butter and fatty meats share a fat classification with oils from these sources.
What are tree/tropical oils?
"Healthy," "low fat," "natural," and this earth-friendly buzz word appear on labels.
What is organic?
When managing fat intake, this is explicitly NOT the ultimate goal.
What is zero fats?
This organ is unable to fully digest fiber.
What is the stomach?
Because fiber has this chemical property, it cannot be fully digested by the stomach.
What is insoluble?
Fats found in fast food and processed foods are categorized as this.
What are trans fats?
"Healthy," "low fat," "organic," and this unrefined buzz word appear on food packaging.
What is natural?