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Calories
Carbs
Proteins
Healthful Eating
Food and Healthy Living
100
The official name of calories
Kilocalories
100
Your body converts all carbs to (____)
Glucose
100
Nutrients that help build and maintain body cells and tissues
Proteins
100
A set of recommendations for healthful eating and active living
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
100
Most food labels list the food's ingredients by (____)
Weight
200
Calories are units of (____) that measure the (____) used by the body and the (____) that foods supply to the body
Heat, Energy, Energy
200
The starches and sugars present in foods
What are carbohydrates
200
Proteins are made of long chains of (____)
Amino acids
200
The ABCs of good health are . . .
A: Aim for Fitness B: Build a Healthy Base C: Choose Sensibly
200
Substances intentionally added to food to produce a desired effect
Food additives
300
Provides the most calories/gram
fats
300
Sugars such as fructose and lactose are (____) carbs
Simple
300
The 2 categories of protein are . . .
Complete and Incomplete
300
The Food Guide Pyramid is made up majorly of the . . .
Grains
300
A condition in which the body's immune system reacts to substances in some foods
food allergy
400
Each of these two categories provides the body with 4 calories/gram
Proteins and carbs
400
Bread is a (____) carb
Complex
400
Animal products are good sources of (____) proteins
Complete
400
Reducing your intake of this can benefit your skeletal system by decreasing the loss of calcium from bone
Salt
400
The spreading of bacteria or other pathogens from one food to another
cross-contamination
500
In order to lose weight you must (____) more calories than you (___)
Burn . . . Eat
500
It is recommended that (____)% of your daily calories come from carbs
55-60%
500
Excessive protein is converted to . . .
Body fat
500
What is the category on the Food Guide Pyramid that, rather than giving suggested number of servings, is advised to be used spararingly?
Fats, oils, and sweets
500
A negative reaction to a food or part of food caused by a metabolic problem, such as the inability to digest parts of certain foods or food components
food intolerance