Nutrients
Digestive System
Diseases
Eating Disorders
Food Guide Pyramid plus more Nutrition
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What are nutrients?
nutrients are substances in food that provide raw materias and energy that the body needs to carry out its functions
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What are the three main functions of the digestive system?
Digestion, Absorption and Elimination
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What is osteoporosis a deficiency of?
Calcium and Vitamin D
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Obesity and overweightness happens cause...
Obesity:20%more Overweight:10%more They consume more calories than they burn
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What at the almost top?
Milk-yogurt-cheese and meat-beans-eggs-nuts
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What are all the types of nutrients?
Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals and water
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How much time is the food in the oesophagus?
10 secs
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How does Anemia affect you and what is it a deficiency of?
It makes you very tired because you don't have enough oxygen, and the deficiency is of iron cause iron helps red blood cells
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What is Anorexia
Eating disorder where body reject food
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Hw many servings of bread do you need?
6-11
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What is the difference between complex and simple carbs?
Complex carbs have starches and finer, while the simple carbs are made of sugar=glucose
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Which organ connects the stomach to the mouth?
the esophagus
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What is beri beri a deficiency of?
of B1
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What is Bulimia
emotional eating habit disorder binge-eating
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What are the two types of vitamins?
fat-soluble and water-soluble
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What are the types of fats?
Saturated Fat: solid good, Unsaturated fat: liquid good, and Trans fat: bad
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Where does most of the digestion take place?
In the small intestine
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What is Pellagra a deficiency of
of vitamin B3/protein
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What is diabetes
When our body doesn't produce enough insulin so our blood gets too much glucose/sugar
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How many liters of water should you drink in a day?
2 liters
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What has twice the energy of carbs?
Fats
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What creates bile and what stores bile?
the liver creates bile and the gall bladder stores bile
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What is cholesterol?
a fat like substance found in animal products
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hOW LONG IS THE SMOL INTESTINE
6m. long
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How many serving of veggies and fruits should you eat?
Vegetables:3-5 Fruits:2-4
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