What is the definition?
Absorption
the process in which blood/lymph capillaries pick up the digested nutrients
psychological disorder in which a person alternately binges and then vomits or uses laxitives to get rid of digested foods
Bulimarexia
Carbohydrates
major source of redily available energy, often called starches or sugars
organic compounds
fats
Hypertension
high blood pressure
anorexia nervosa
psychological disorder in which an individual drastically reduces food intake or refuses to eat at all
Calculation that measures body weight in relation to height
body mass index (BMI)
Cellulose
fibrous, indigestable version of carbohydrates that come from plants
sometimes called low-fat diets, oftentimes limit the amount of fat taken in to less than 50 g
Fat-restricted diets
Lipids
they are organic compounds commonly called fats and oils
Antioxidants
Organic molecules that help protect the body from harmful chemicals called “free radicals”
heat produced during metabolism
Calorie
Cholesterol
sterol lipid found in body cells and animal products
composed of many chemicals found in food and are used by the body to perform daily functions
Essential nutrients
low-cholesterol diet
restricts foods with cholesterol and usually limits fat to less than 50g per day
Atherosclerosis
condition in which the arteries are narrowed down by fatty substances
psychological disorder in which a person alternitively binges and then fasts or doesn’t eat at all; in some cases they may exercise excessively
Bulimia
Diabetes mellitus
disease caused by insufficient secretion of insulin causing increased level of glucose in blood
process in which the body breaks down food to smaller pieces, changes food chemically, and moves the food through the digestive system
Digestion
Malnutrition
the state of poor nutrition, may be caused by poor diet or illness
body mass index (BMI)
Calculation that measures body weight in relation to height
The rate at which the body uses energy just for maintaining its own tissue, without doing any voluntary work bland diet - consists of easily-digested foods that don’t irritate the digestive tract
basal metabolic rate (BMR)
Calorie-controlled diets
Includes both high and low calorie diets, high calorie diets are used when a patient is overweight and low-calorie diets are used when a patient is overweight
diet used for patients with diabetes, oftentimes includes the use of injected insulin and monitoring the amount of carbohydrates that are ingested
Diabetic diet
Metabolism
process in which nutrients are used by the body for building tissue, providing energy, and regulating body functions