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Define Nutrition

Nutrition is the study of food, how it affects the human body and influences health and metabolism— specifically how the body metabolizes food for energy.


Adequate nutrition is needed for wellness.

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What are carbohydrates? 

Starches and sugar found in food.

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What are problems with consuming too much Fat.

  1. Gain Weight

  2. Increase in Cholesterol

  3. Increase in heart disease

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what are the five major groups of nutrients?

Carbohydrates, protein, fats, minerals and vitamins

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Which food group is rich in carbohydrates?

Grains

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What types of foods are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber that help keep your body healthy and strong?

Fruits and Veggies

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use of vitamin C

Improves immune system



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Do fats carry the flavor for foods? 

YES

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What types of carbohydrates are there?

Simple and Complex

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What’s use of Vitamin A?

Keeps good eyesight

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List out some minerals

Calcium, Iron and Sodium

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What is fiber? 

Helps remove waste. 

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What does too much sodium do? 

Increases your risk for high blood pressure and stroke. 

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Name 3 Bad Fats

French Fries 

Cake 

Processed Oils.

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What happens to excess carbohydrates?

It turns into fat and is stored in the body.

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How Many hours of sleep should I get per day?

6-7 hours
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what is enriched flour?

Enriched flour is flour with specific nutrients returned to it that have been lost while being prepared.

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What is difference between hunger and appetite? 

-A natural drive protecting against starvation is hunger

-The desire to eat is appetite

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Name a few types of fats?

Unsaturated. Saturated. Trans fatty acids

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Name 6 foods with a lot of protein

Chicken Tuna Salmon Beans Beef Steak.

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What happens if we do not have enough dietary fibre?

Constipation 



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What happens when you have food with “added sugar”?

There is no fiber and food is absorbed straight into to the liver to create a “sugar rush”... which directly turns to fat

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  1. What is insulin?

to move sugar from our bloodstream into the cells to make energy

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Types of essential and nonessential fatty acids?

Energy.  Protein. Fat.  Sugar. Sodium Calcium vitamin A D E 

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Why do we need minerals? 

To keep our body tissues and body organs functioning properly

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