nutrition facts
Food that contains none or an insignificant amount of a component: fat, sugar, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, or calories.
What is free?
Starches and sugars found in foods which provide your body's main source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
A high ratio of nutrients to calories.
What is nutrient-dense?
The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is nutrition?
Elements found in food that are used by the body.
What are minerals?
Foods that are low in fat and saturated fat and contains limited amounts of cholesterol and sodium. They must also provide at least 10 percent of the daily value for vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, protein, or fiber.
What is healthy?
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
What are proteins?
A set of recommendation about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What are the dietary guidelines for Americans?
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
What are nutrients?
Substances added to a food to produce a desired effect.
What are food additives?
Food that provides at least 20% of the daily value for a vitamin. Synonyms for this term include “rich in” and “excellent source of.”
What is high?
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
What are vitamins?
An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
What is MyPlate?
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
What is a calorie?
A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
What is osteoporosis?
Food that can consumed regularly without exceeding daily limits for fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, or calories.
What is good source of?
A tough, complex, carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
What is fiber?
The acronym USDA stands for this.
What is the US Department of Agriculture?
The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body's need for food.
What is hunger?
Food poisoning.
What is food borne illness?
Food that can consumed regularly without exceeding daily limits for fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, or calories.
What is light?
When this type of fat is consumed, it increases your risk of heart disease. It is found mostly in animal-based foods such as meat and many dairy products, as well as a few plant oils.
What is saturated fat?
The acronym DHHS stands for this.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
The psychological desire for food.
What is appetite?
Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
What is pasteurization?