Nutrients
A chemical substance that is needed to carry out life processes
What is a Nutrient?
Proteins are made of ________
What are amino acids?
The two types of vitamins
What are water soluble and fat soluble vitamins?
What is an example of a vegetable good for blood clotting?
What are green vegetables?
Sodium is needed for healthy muscles and blood healthy; helps nerves function properly true or false?
What is true?
Your body needs______ for growth, for energy and to perform life processes.
What is Nutrients?
When proteins in food are digested, the amino acids are separated from another is a process called
What is protein synthesis?
You get most of your vitamins from
What is food?
What is an example of foods for healthy teeth, gums, and blood vessels?
What are citrus fruits, tomatoes, leafy vegetables?
Bones are hard because they contain vitamins/ minerals
What is the mineral calcium ?
Are the building blocks of all living things.
What are proteins?
If your body does not get the amount of vitamins you need you may get sick due to
What is a deficiency/ deficiency disease?
poor nutrition caused by an unbalanced diet
What is malnutrition?
Give an example of foods high in protein
What are meats, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts?
Cholesterol can form a yellow plaque on the inside of your arteries. known as high-density lipoprotein or low-density lipoprotein.
What is Low-density lipoprotein?
Required nutrients in foods that are made by other living organisms are_________
What are Vitamins?
What are vitamins and minerals?
Shows the kinds of foods and the number of servings of those foods a person should have each day.
What is the food guide pyramid?
Give an example of foods high in calcium
What is milk and milk products, fish, greens leafy vegetables?
People with anorexia/ bulimia eat large amounts of food at a time. then they either throw up the food or use laxatives.
What is bulimia?
nutrient needed by the body to develop and function properly
What are minerals?
The four ways your body uses proteins
What is building new cells, repairing cells that are damaged, making enzymes and providing energy for body cells?
What are the six food groups?
What are fats, oils and sweets, milk, yogurt, and cheese, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts, fruit and bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group?
Anemia is a deficiency in____________
What is iron?
Fatty foods are usually high in LDL. Do you think someone with a high level of LDL should eat fatty foods?
What is no because ...........LDL's are harmful to your body.