Nutrition 1
Name the 6 basic nutrients.
What are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water?
The number of essential amino acids.
What is nine?
The inability to digest a particular food.
What is a food intolerance?
The type of fat that is animal fat that is solid at room temperature
What is saturated fat?
The type of fat that is a liquid at room temperature.
What is unsaturated fat?
The percentage of your body weight that is water.
What is 65 percent?
The number of 8-ounce cups of water you should have a day.
What is 10-14 cups?
The ratio of a person's weight to height.
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?
Name the fat-soluble vitamins.
What is Vitamins A, D, E and K?
Name the 2 water-soluble vitamins.
What is Vitamin C and B complex?
Type of vitamins that can dissolve in fats and oils. These vitamins are stored in the body’s fatty tissue.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
Type of vitamins that are able to dissolve in water. These vitamins are not stored in the body.
What are water-soluble vitamins?
The rate at which you use energy when your body is at rest.
What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?
The percentage of a person’s daily calorie intake that should come from carbohydrates.
What is 45-65 percent?
The percentage of a person’s daily calorie intake that should come from fats.
What is 20-35 percent?
The vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process.
What are antioxidants?
Minerals that become electrically charged when dissolved in fluids
What are electrolytes?
The measure of how much body fat a person has, as compared to muscle and bone.
What is body composition.
The percentage of a person’s daily calorie intake that should come from proteins.
What is 10-35 percent?
A waxy, fatlike substance that can accumulate in blood vessels and restrict blood flow
What is Cholesterol?
The main function of fats.
What is forming your cells, maintaining body temperature, and protecting your nerves?
The most important function of proteins.
What is growth and repair of your body's tissues?
The recommendations that specify the amounts of certain nutrients that the average person should obtain each day.
What is daily values.
The chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release energy.
What is metabolism?
The process of maintaining a steady state inside your body.
What is homeostasis?