Why We Eat
This is the physical drive to eat when your body needs fuel.
What is hunger?
This nutrient is your body’s main source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
Your body uses this nutrient to build and maintain cells and tissues.
What is protein?
One gram of fat provides this many calories.
What are nine calories?
This nutrient cools your body through perspiration and helps transport nutrients.
What is water?
This is the psychological desire for food.
What is appetite?
Most carbohydrates are converted into this simple sugar that fuels the body.
What is glucose?
These are the building blocks your body uses to make proteins.
What are amino acids?
Found in vegetable oils, nuts, and seeds, these fats may lower heart disease risk when eaten in moderation.
What are unsaturated fats?
This mineral helps build strong bones and can help prevent osteoporosis later in life.
What is calcium?
Continuously snacking while focused on another activity is called this.
What is mindless eating?
Simple carbohydrates are sugars; complex carbohydrates are these.
What are starches?
Your body must get these nine amino acids from food because it cannot make them
What are essential amino acids?
Found in many animal foods, palm oil, and coconut oil, too much of this type of fat may increase heart disease risk.
What are saturated fats?
Vitamins C and B belong to this category because they dissolve in water.
What are water-soluble vitamins?
A student wants a snack after seeing a commercial for it. This environmental influence affected the student’s choice.
What is advertising?
Bread, pasta, beans, and potatoes are sources of this carbohydrate category
What are complex carbohydrates?
A protein containing all nine essential amino acids is called this.
What is a complete protein?
These fats can form through hydrogenation and raise blood cholesterol.
What are trans fats?
Daily Double - These four vitamins are fat-soluble and can be stored in body fat.
What are vitamins A, D, E, and K?
Daily Double - You just finished lunch, but the smell of fresh cookies makes you want one. Identify the reason you want to eat and explain why
What is appetite, because the smell triggers a desire for food even though the body does not need fuel?
Daily Double - Each gram of carbohydrate provides four calories. This is the energy provided by 25 grams of carbohydrates.
What is 100 calories?
A person eats mostly plant foods. This strategy helps them obtain all nine essential amino acids.
What is eating a variety of protein-rich plant foods, such as grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes?
This waxy, fatlike substance helps make cell walls, certain hormones, and vitamin D, but excess amounts can build up in arteries.
What is cholesterol?
These three nutrient groups perform vital body functions but do not provide calories.
What are vitamins, minerals, and water?