Vocab
Nutrients that help build and maintain body cells and tissues
What is Proteins
water soluble and fat soluble can be examples of
What are Vitamins?
Glucose that cannot be stored or used at the current time is passed through the digestive system
What is False?
What is carbs?
natural physical drive that protects you from starvation
What is hunger?
fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
What is Lipids?
Categories of Proteins
What are complete and incomplete
What is false
Butter and coconut oil are examples of what
What is saturated fats
the process by which the body takes in and uses food
What is Nutrition?
desire, rather than a need, to eat.
What is appetite?
these carbs must be broken down before the body can use them as energy
What is Complex carbs?
Most nutritionists recommend eating only moderate amounts of fat—no more than 20 to 30 percent of your total daily calorie intake
What is True?
The skin on certain fruits and vegetables are classified as
What is Fiber?
substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
What is Nutrients?
compounds that help regulate many vital body processes, including the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of other nutrients
What is Vitamins
What is unsaturated fatty acids (fats)
Glucose is the body's main source that supplies your body with energy
What is true?
What is water?
units of heat that measure the energy used by
the body and the energy that foods supply to the body
What is Calories?
substances that the body cannot manufacture but that are needed for forming healthy bones and teeth and for regulating many vital body processes
What is Minerals?
This lubricate your joints and mucous membranes
What is Water?
Fat soluble vitamins are not stored in your body
What is false?
waxy lipid-like substance that circulates in blood
What is Cholesterol?
the starches and sugars present in foods
What is Carbohydrates?