The Basics
A feeling of physical discomfort that is caused by your body's need for nutrients.
What is hunger?
Very heavy perspiring or severe diarrhea can result in a serious reduction in the body's water content.
What is dehydration?
Someone who chooses not to eat meat.
What is a vegetarian?
A warning sign for someone who may have an eating disorder.
Answers vary: What is frequent dieting, tooth decay, brittle hair, etc?
You can lose this many cups of water during heavy exercise.
What is 4 cups?
The recommended amount of calories for the average person.
What is 2000 calories?
Fats that are usually solid at room temperature.
What are saturated fats?
A condition in which the blood contains high levels of glucose and requires managing your diet.
What is Type II Diabetes?
Someone who doesn't eat enough food to maintain a healthy body weight?
What is anorexia?
This nutrient is the body's main source of energy.
What are Carbohydrates?
The best way to judge the nutritional value of a food.
What is read the food label?
These carbohydrates give you long term energy, as well as fiber.
What are complex carbohydrates?
A response by your immune system that sees that specific food harmful and reacts.
What is a food allergy?
Yellowing of the eyes or skin, aggression, heart attack, infection, and an increased risk of cancer.
What are side effects of anabolic steroids?
To much of this nutrient can lead to heart attacks, strokes, or type II diabetes.
What is Fat?
According the MyPyramid, the smallest portion of your diet should come from this.
What are oils?
The main function of this nutrient is for growth and repair of your body's tissue.
What are proteins?
Promises fast results and little to no effort.
What is a Fad Diet?
Someone who eats an entire pizza in a short amount of time and then forces themselves to purge may have this eating disorder.
What is bulimia?
The chemical process by which your body breaks down food to release energy.
What is your metabolism?
Unit for the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down.
What is a calorie?
There are two types of these, fat and water soluble.
What are vitamins?
The inability to digest a particular food or food additive.
What is a food intolerance?
Risks of this eating disorder include type II diabetes, heart attack and stroke.
What is binge eating disorder?
This disease is caused by a lack of the mineral, iron.
What is Anemia?