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BioEnergetics
100
The highest amount of a nutrient that is unlikely to cause harm if consumed daily.
What is the Tolerable Upper Limit (UL)?
100

A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose levels are high.

What is insulin?

100
The most abundant nutrient found in the body.
What is water?
100
A nutrient essential to bone structure and muscle contraction, and found in high amounts in dairy foods.
What is Calcium?
100
A person who is losing weight is in this type of energy balance.
What is negative energy balance?
200
The average daily level of intake sufficient to meet the needs of nearly all (97%-98%) healthy people.
What is the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)?
200

A short term storage form of carbohydrate found mostly in the liver and muscle cells.

What is glycogen?

200

This family of nutrients make up many of the cofactors needed for energy metabolism.

What is the B Vitamin Complex

200
These nutrients are the building blocks of all proteins.
What are amino acids?
200
The amount of energy needed to raise 1000 grams of water by 1 degree.
What is a kilocaloire (Calorie)?
300
The current food guidance system produced by the USDA that illustrates dietary recommendations in a visual image.
What is MyPlate?
300
Any chemical reaction that involves the transfer of electrons from one molecule to another.
What is an oxidation-reduction reaction?
300

A mineral with electrolyte properties, found in high amounts inside of cells.

What is potassium?

300

A mineral that can bind with oxygen and is a component of hemoglobin. 

What is iron?

300

This molecule (see slide).


What is Adenosine Tri Phosphate (ATP)?

400
A list of values found on most packaged foods, describing nutrient content based on a 2000 kcal diet.
What is the % Daily Value?
400
A metabolic process that converts 1 molecule of glucose to 2 molecules of pyruvate.
What is glycolysis?
400

A water soluble nutrient with antioxidant properties.

What is Vitamin C?

400
This nutrient is needed for proper fluid balance and nerve transmission and is typically high in the American diet.
What is sodium?
400

The energy spent to meet the body's basic physiological needs when at rest.

What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)?

500
The relative amount of nutrients in a food per kcals present.
What is nutrient density?
500
A metabolic process that converts fatty acids into acetyl CoA.
What is beta-oxidation?
500

Carotenoids, which are found in orange vegetables, can be converted to this nutrient by the human body.

What is Vitamin A?

500
This nutrient acts like a hormone and is involved in maintaining calcium homeostasis.
What is Vitamin D?
500
John weighs 80 kilograms and is 1.6 meters tall. His body mass index is _______________ . 

What is 31 kg/m^2?