Nutrition specifics
These are the TWO healthy cholesterols
What is fluffy LDL and HDL
Vitamin that helps maintain eyesight.
Yes, or no, LDL cholesterol directly causes injury to a person's blood vessels, leading to a heart attack.
NO
This type of body tissue burns calories rapidly.
What is muscle?
After not eating for a long amount of time, metabolism does this.
What is decreases or gets slower?
If this substance is added to a good or a bad fat, it will make the product unhealthy
What is: sugar
A condition in which a person has too little iron and is extremely fatigued.
What is anemia?
What is the storage form of carbohydrates called?
What is the diet high in proteins and fats and low in carbs called?
What is a keto diet?
Which vitamin is not really a vitamin, but a hormone that helps regulate a person's mental health?
Vitamin D
What does bioavailable mean?
More easily absorbed and utilized by the person or species.
This nutrient helps the body utilize all other nutrients
What are: Vitamins?
How much protein is recommended to consume every day to LIVE as well as to INCREASE muscle?
To live: .8g/kg, to build muscle, 1g per pound of body weight
This eating disorder is characterized by eating a large amount of food then purging afterwards.
What is bulemia?
WHY does an irregular sleep pattern decrease metabolic rate?
What is because regular sleep is needed to reset hormones.
This hypothesis suggests that when protein and fat consumption is low, a person will consume more simple carbs and most likely gain weight.
What is the "protein leverage hypothesis"?
Which mineral is responsible for muscle relaxation?
What is magnesium.
What is the name of the fatty acid found in fish that supports a healthy state of mental health?
What is omega-3 fatty acid?
What is one NON drug way a person can go about reversing type 2 diabetes?
Exercise more, reduce carb intake, go on a keto diet
What is satiety and which what is the most satiating nutrient?
It's the feeling of being full, and proteins are most satiating
How many calories per gram is carbs, protein and fat?
Carbs and protein= 4
Fat= 9
Which two minerals are responsible for holding on to and releasing water from the body?
What is: Sodium and potassium.
This is the name of the molecule that is the body's long term energy storage molecule. If it's too high, it's not good!
Triglyceride
This is a stress hormone that, if high for too long, programs the body to store fat.
What is cortisol.
What is gluconeogenesis?
The creation of carbs from non carb sources