Basic Nutrition
Anything that is ingested and utilized by the body.
What is a nutrient?
Defined as simple sugars or simple carbohydrates, this group of carbs includes glucose, galactose, and fructose.
What is a monosaccharide?
The fancy term for fat, composed of a glycerol head and three fatty acids.
What is a triglyceride?
What are amino acids?
Characterized as a mineral, this nutrient is used to flavor food and be utilized as an electrolyte.
What is salt?
This simple sugar is created when you combine glucose and fructose.
What is table sugar?
Known as the healthiest kind of fat, this triglyceride will have one or more double bonds in its fatty acids.
What is an unsaturated fat?
There are 9 of these types of amino acids.
What are essential amino acids?
This is the percentage of a certain nutrient that you should intake on a daily basis.
What is %DV (Percent Daily Value)?
A zero-energy-yielding carbohydrate that helps prevent colon cancer and diverticulitis.
What is Fiber?
This type of fat can be found in places such as McDonald's, Crisco, IHOP, and Donut Palace.
What is a Trans Fat?
These sources of protein have been shown to possibly reverse the number of cancer cells in the body and improve Type II diabetes.
What are plant-based proteins?
This term is often confused with its actual value of 1000 calories.
What is a kilocalorie?
Whole grain pasta/bread, oats, rice, etc. are all examples of this type of carbohydrate.
What is a polysaccharide?
This type of fat is solid at room temperature and can lead to increases in LDL cholesterol.
What is a saturated fat?
30 grams.
What is the amount of protein the average person can absorb in one meal?
This value of 25 grams per day, was given by the W.H.O. to limit this nutrient's intake.
What is ADDED sugar?
This hormone is released into the bloodstream when blood sugar levels increase.
What is insulin?
This type of fat can either rid the body of plaque-building molecules, or cause blood clots depending on which type you have.
What is cholesterol?
Fish, dairy, eggs, red meats, etc are all forms of this source of protein.
What is animal-based protein?