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Carbohydrates
Minerals
Vitamins
Fat
Protein
100
Simplest form of sugar
What are simple carbohydrates?
100
Nonliving substances that help the body work properly
What is a mineral?
100
Chemicals in food that help regulate many vital body processes and aid other nutrients in doing their jobs
What is a vitamin?
100
An unsaturated fatty acid of a kind occurring cheifly in fish oils
What is an omega-3 fatty acid?
100
Nutrients that help build, repair and maintain body tissues, source of energy
What is protein?
200
A simple carbohydrate that are a natural part in many foods
What is sugar?
200
Minerals needed in large amounts
What are major minerals?
200
Health problems caused by poor nutrition over a period of time
What is malnutrition?
200
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree celsius
What is a calorie?
200
Proteins that supply all nine essential amino acids
What is a complete protein?
300
Carbohydrates that contain more than ten linked glucose units
What are complex carbohydrates?
300
A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood
What is an anemia?
300
A purified nutrient/substance that in manufactured/extracted from natural sources
What is a dietary supplement?
300
Fatlike substanc in all body cells that is needed for body processes
What is cholesterol?
300
Proteins lacking in one or more essential, food from plant sources are incomplete proteins
What is an incomplete protein?
400
Complex carbohydrates stored in plants
What are starches?
400
A condition where bones lose their minerals and become weak and fragile
What is osteoporosis?
400
A vitamin that dissolves in water and is not stored in the body to any great extent
What is a water-soluble vitamin?
400
Fatty acids that has as many hydrogen atoms as it can hold
What is a saturated fatty acid?
400
“Low-density Lipoprotein” a chemical that takes cholesterol from the liver and takes it wherever in the body
What is LDL?
500
Form of carbohydrate that doesn’t provide energy
What is dietary fiber
500
The body’s basic fuel supply
What is glucose?
500
Substances that protect body cells and the immune system from harmful chemicals
What is an antioxidant?
500
Main consituents of natural fats and oils
What are triglycerides?
500
“High-density Lipoprotein” a chemical that picks up excess cholesterol and puts it back into the liver, keeping it from harm
What is HDL?