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The study of how the body uses the nutrients in foods.
What is Nutrition?
100
A fat-like substance found in every cell in the body.
What is cholesterol?
100
The name of the deficiency disease associated with Protein.
What is PEM?
100
A persons intake of fluids might need to be increased if they fall in these categories.
What is: suffering from diarrhea, involved in active sports, living in a hot climate?
100
Fatty acids have as many hydrogen atoms as they can hold.
What are saturated fatty acids?
200
Proteins that contain all nine essential amino acids.
What is a complete protein?
200
A compound from plants that is active in the human body.
What are phytochemicals?
200
A complex carbohydrate which is thought to be a cancer preventative.
What is fiber?
200
These are invisible fats.
What are: Milk, Baked products, eggs
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During digestion, food is broken down in these two ways so the body can use the nutrients.
What is mechanical and chemical digestion?
300
A purified nutrient that is manufactured or extracted from natural sources.
What is a dietary supplement?
300
Waves of muscles contractions that push food through the digestive tract.
What is peristalsis?
300
After the body absorbs nutrients,the nutrients undergo this chemical process.
What is metabolism?
300
These are visible fats.
What are: Butter, Margarine, Marbling in Meat
300
The body's chief source of energy.
What carbohydrates?
400
A food to which nutrients are added in amounts greater than what would naturally occur in the food.
What is fortified foods?
400
An indigestible material in plant foods that provide bulk in the diet.
What is fiber?
400
The body absorbs nearly all carbohydrates as these.
What are monosaccharides?
400
These foods provide Protein.
What are: meat, fish, poultry, milk, eggs, dried beans, peas, and nuts?
400
The chemical process that takes place in the cells after the body absorbs nutrients
What is metabolism?
500
The process by which hydrogen atoms are added to unsaturated fatty acids in liquid oils, changes the molecular structure and makes it a solid.
What is hydrogenation?
500
No more that what percent of your daily calories should come from fatty foods.
What is 20%?
500
The digestive process begins here.
What is the mouth?
500
Proteins are made of these small units.
What are amino acids?
500
Unsaturated fatty acid
What is a fatty acid that has fewer hydrogen atoms than it can hold. It is liquid at room temperature.