Nutrients
What are the 6 classes of nutrients?
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Fats (Lipids)
Vitamins
Minerals
Water
Define Blood-Alcohol Concentration.
Percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream.
What are the USDA Organic Standards for crops?
Prohibits the usage of irradiation, sewage sludge, synthetic fertilizers, prohibited pesticides, and genetically modified organisms
What percent of the world’s population lacks clean and safe drinking water?
20%
Which plants provide us with extracted (processed) sugars?
beets and sugar cane
What are the three types of carbohydrates? Give an example for each type.
starches- potato
fiber- grains
sugars- fruit
What are 5 factors that affect BAC?
Weight
Gender
Time
Amount
Food
Other medications/drugs
What are the USDA Organic Standards for Livestock?
Producers must meet animal health and welfare requirements, ban the usage of antibiotics and growth hormones, use 100% organic feed, and allow animals access to the outdoors
What percent of the Earth’s water is fresh?
3%
Describe the difference in PLU labels of organic vs. conventional vs. GMO's.
organic- 5 digit # starting with a 9
conventional-4 digit # starting with a 3 or a 4
GMO- 5 digit # starting with a 8
What are the four main functions of proteins?
-Provides Structure
-Regulates body processes
-transports materials
-Helps with immunities
-if necessary, provides energy
List 5 of the long term effects of drinking alcohol.
Disrupts normal brain development;
Liver damage and cirrhosis of the liver;
Brain cells die, decreasing brain mass;
Stomach and intestinal ulcers and destroyed organs
Blood pressure increases, causing heart disease, heart attack, or stroke;
Male sperm production decreases
What are 3 of the environmental consequences linked with conventional farming?
Agricultural runoff is reported to be a main cause of negative impacts on water quality in rivers and lakes
Monoculture- a common practice in industrial farming- depletes nutrients in the soil and loosens soil particles, making it more prone to erosion.
Industrial farming promotes the large production of a single crop, known as monoculture, and places biodiversity at risk.
This makes monocrops vulnerable to extreme losses from pests and diseases.
List four factors causing the world’s water crisis.
Climate and geography
Climate Change
Lack of water systems and infrastructure
Inadequate sanitation
According to our Nutrients lecture , what % of our diets should account for the three macronutrients: Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats?
Protein 10-35%
Carbohydrates 45-65%
Fat 20-30%
What are the 4 main functions of fat?
cushions organs
provides energy
carries vitamins-ADEK
insulator
What are 6 symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning?
Shallow breathing
Disorientation
Unresponsiveness
Unconsciousness
Pale or bluish tone to skin
Vomiting while unconscious
What are three of the environmental benefits resulting from organic farming?
The risk of water pollution is reduced with organic farming because the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, a major cause of water contaminations, is prohibited.
Organic practices create a more stable soil system, increase the water and nutrient holding capacity of the soil, and increases overall soil productivity .
Abstaining from the usage of pesticides and fertilizers promotes biodiversity through promoting a natural balance with the ecosystem and discouraging the dominance of one particular crop.
What human activity uses the most of the world’s fresh water use? What percent does this activity account for?
Agriculture 70%
Compare and contrast the main message of the documentary Cowspiracy and the presentation Defending Beef.
Cowspiracy- vegetarian diet is the answer, animal protein is bad for environment no matter what
Defending Beef- If done right, pasture raised animals can help the environment
What are the 5 of the main functions of water in our body?
Transports nutrients
Carries away wastes
Moistens eyes, mouth, nose; hydrates skin
Forms main component of body fluids
Acts as an insulator
Protects against heat exhaustion
Lubricates joints
Helps with digestion
What are the 4 levels of the addiction process?
1. Experimentation
2. Regular Use
3. Daily Preoccupation
4. Dependency
What are 5 of the disadvantages of GMO’s?
Can be dangerous to other insects that are important to our ecosystem.
It can damage the environment.
It causes unwanted residual effects.
It can create more weeds.
It threatens crop diversity.
How is an aquifer formed?
An aquifer fills the water from rain or melted snow that drains into the ground. The water moves downward until it meets less permeable rock.
As we drink more and more alcohol, different parts of our brain that control different functions shut down. In order, what functions shut down one by one the more we drink?
First: Inhibitions/Decision-Making Regions (Frontal Lobe)
Second: Emotional Regions
Third: Motor Control Region
Fourth: Memories
Fifth: Basic Functions - Breathing