Fats
What is another name for fat?
What are LIPIDS
Salt in our diets is essential to human life. T or F
True
Cardio refers to what part of our bodies?
What is the HEART
Added sugar accounts for what percentage of the American diet/what we eat?
What is 17%
Uric acid (from consuming excessive sugar) is a contributing factor in developing _____
a very painful sensation in the feet & hands. Name this disease
What is GOUT
What classification of fats are bad for human consumption?
What are TRANSFATS
Salt is expensive as is gold, because there is so very little of it on earth. T or F
What is FALSE
Americas biggest killer is ___________?
What are cardiovascular diseases (heart, strokes, high blood pressure, arterial sclarosis
Sugar consumption is a major cause of _________ & many chronic __________
What is OBESITY/FATNESS and many chronic DISEASES.
Name two unsafe sugar substitutes (2 of 3)
What are SACCHARIN, ASPERTAME, SUCRALOSE
What classification of fats are actually good for human consumption?
What are UNSATURATED FATS
What two ways are the excess salts eliminated from our bodies?
What are through Urination & Perspiration/Sweating.
What are SALT, SUGAR & FAT
Sugar comes from what three plants?
What are CORN (high fructose syrup), SUGAR CANE & SUGAR BEETS
Excessive sugar diets is a factor contributing to ____________ (muscle & connective tissue pain)
What is INFLAMMATION
Name the 3 general classifications of fats
What are unsaturated, saturated & transfats
Excessive salt consumption can cause high blood pressure. T or F
What is TRUE
What percentage of processed foods do American eat?
(must be within 10% point either way)
What is 60%
The human hormone that helps regulate hunger is called __________
What is LEPTIN
Name 3 safe alternatives for sugar
What are HONEY, STEVIA & MONK FRUIT
There are two sub classifications of unsaturated fats, name them
What are Monounsaturated & Polyunsaturated fats
What is the the chemical make up of salt?
What is NACL
Systolic & diastolic refer to what ?
What is BLOOD PRESSURE (reading/spigmometer)
The human hormone that helps regulate the amount of blood sugar/glucose is _____________
What is INSULINE
What type of diabetes is attributed mostly to diet such as high amounts of sugar & fat
What is TYPE II