NUTRITION
NUTRIENTS
MY PYRAMID
NUTRIENTS 2
HEALTHY EATING
100
The psychological desire for food.
What is appetite
100
This helps control the amount of fluid in your body.
What is sodium?
100
You should vary these.
What are vegetables?
100
All of these are made of sugar molecules.
What are carbohydrates?
100
This is a sickness that comes from eating food that is not safe.
What is foodborne illness?
200
The body's physical need for food.
What is hunger?
200
Substances in food that your body needs.
What are nutrients?
200
You should focus on these.
What are fruits?
200
Scientists that study nutrition are known as this.
What are nutritionists?
200
These are fats that are liquid at room temperature.
What are unsaturated fats?
300
These are sugars and starches that occur naturally in foods, mainly in plants.
What are carbohydrates?
300
The study of nutrients and how the body uses them.
What is nutrition?
300
Go lean on this.
What is protein?
300
All carbohydrates are made of these.
What are sugar molecules?
300
These are fats that remain solid at room temperature.
What are saturated fats?
400
This is a special type of complex carbohydrate found in raw fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
What is fiber?
400
Foods that offer few, if any, nutrients but do supply calories.
What are empty calorie foods?
400
This is one reason the food pyramid was changed .
What is because they wanted to show what equaled a serving and that activity is important.
400
These are the chemical building blocks that make up proteins.
What are amino acids?
400
This is a fatty substance found in the blood.
What is cholesterol?
500
This is a fatty substance found in the blood.
What is cholesterol?
500
These can be either water-soluble or fat-soluble.
What are vitamins?
500
This is the explanation for the My Pyramid food guidance system.
What is a system that tells you how and what to eat to be healthy.
500
When molecules of sugar join together to form long chains they are called this.
What are complex carbohydrates?
500
This is the reason breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
What is because it fuels your body after many hours without fuel?
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