Chronic Disease
What is the leading cause of death in the US?
Heart Disease
What are the superhero agents found in fruits and veggies that fight off free radicals?
antioxidants
Study free radicals and what environments/toxins increase them.
What are the three macronutrients?
Fat, protein, carbs
What are the two micronutrients?
Vitamins and Minerals
How long can a person live without water?
~3 days
List three risk factors associated with heart disease.
age, race, gender, smoking, obesity, family history, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, physical inactivity, etc....
_______ ______delays stomach emptying, slow movement of glucose in blood after eating, reduce absorption of cholesterol and aids in constipation.
Soluble fiber
What is insoluble fiber?
Fat, protein and carbs supply energy in different amounts. This energy is also called ______?
calories
What are the calories/gram of each?
what are the two types of soluble vitamins?
fat soluble (4)
water soluble (9)
be familiar with the diffence
Number of calories in a pound?
3500
A form of heart disease in which the inner layers of artery walls are made thick and irregular by plaque deposits; arteries become narrowed, and blood supply is reduced
Atherosclerosis
What is the process of adding hydrogen to oils to produce artificial trans fats in processed foods?
Hydrogenation
What does it do to the oil?
Building block of protein are called?
Amino Acid
How many total? How many must get from food? How many does the body produce?
What are inorganic elements needed in small amounts to regulate body function, aid in growth, maintenance of body tissue and help release energy?
minerals
Refinement removes bran and germ only leaving _______in grains?
endosperm
This condition is caused by blocked or narrowed blood vessels in the brain due to fatty deposits or blood clots.
Stroke
Name three alternative diets that restricts or eliminates animal products?
vegan
laco-vegitarian
lacto-ovo-vegetarian
pescatarian
Fats that come from animal products are called _____? This type of fat increases which type of cholesterol ______?
Saturated fats
LDL (bad)
study HDL (good), know the recommended levels of each, know what foods can increase or decrease levels.
What mineral can increase blood pressure if consume too much?
sodium (salt)
what are the daily recommendations?
Being preoccupied by worries that one's body is “too small” or “not muscular enough” despite having a normal build, or in many cases, an objectively extremely “buff” physique is called?
muscle dysmorphia
What are major risk factors that can cause chronic disease that can not be changed?
What is the ideology that food is the sum of it's nutritional parts?
Nutritionism
Starches and fiber are ________ carbohydrates also known as polysaccharides?
complex
The majority of salt is consumed in what type of food?
processed foods
What is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain body weight at a minimally healthy level and intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat;
self-starvation?
Anorexia Nervosa
what are the other eating disorders?