What are 3 protein food sources.
What is Meat, Fish, Eggs, Poultry, Dairy Products.
Inside your body, all complex carbohydrates need to be broken down into what?
Simple carbohydrates
Name the two different types of protein.
What is Complete and Incomplete Protein.
What are two functions of fat in the body?
What is 1. Provides substances needed for growth and healthy skin. 2. Enhance taste and texture of food. 3. Provide energy. 4. Required to carry "fat soluble" vitamins throughout the body.
What do scientists like to call fats?
Lipids
What is a complete protein? Give an example.
What is 1. Provides all 9 essential amino acids 2. Milk, eggs, meat.
If your body has plenty of what it needs, and you keep eating what do carbohydrates turn into?
Fats
How many amino acids do your cells need?
What is 20
Your body likes to turn all simple carbohydrates into this.
Glucose
How many amino acids are essential to the body that you must get from food sources?
What is 9
When scientists take unsaturated fats and convert them into saturated fats what are they called? Are they healthy?
Trans fats. No!
What part of the cell turns “blood sugar” into energy?
The mitochondria