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Digestion Absorption
Nutrients
Metabolism
BMR
Vocabulary
100
This is where digestion begins
What is the mouth?
100
Helps maintain, repair, and grow muscle tissue
What is the function of protein?
100
Is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilo-gram of water
What is a calorie?
100
The amount of energy your body needs for basal metabolism.
What is BMR
100
poor nourishment resulting from a lack of nutrients
What is malnutrition?
200
These three things are absorbed in the large intestine
What is sodium, potassium, and water?
200
They are broken down into glucose
What are fully broken down carbohydrates called?
200
The energy you need to maintain automatic processes
What is basal metabolism?
200
Teens need 45-65% of their calories from carbohydrates, 10-30% from protein, 25-35% from fats
what is the amount of calories teens need from the macro-nutrients?
200
This is the mechanical and chemical process of breaking down food and changing nutrients into forms the body can use
What is digestion?
300
The absorption of most nutrients takes place here
What is the small intestine?
300
It takes 12 hours for this to happen
How long does it take for the stomach to break down fat?
300
Total Daily Energy Expenditure
What does TDEE stand for?
300
Part/Whole x 100
how do you calculate the percentage of a macro nutrient?
300
These increase the surface area of the intestine so that it can absorb more nutrients
What are villi?
400
This is nick named "Food processing factory" and turns nutrients into forms the body, needs, and uses.
What is the liver?
400
The main source of fuel for the body
What are carbohydrates?
400
50-55%
What is the %of carbohydrates in a person's diet?
400
This helps increase BMR
What is increase muscle mass through weight building exercises?
400
The process of moving food through the esophagus
What is peristalsis?
500
Stores Bile
What does the gall bladder do?
500
This nutrient is used for insulation and stored energy
What is fat?
500
550 calories with an extra 230 calories for fries 770 calories
How many calories are in a Mc Donalds Big Mac meal?
500
This is how many grams of fat you need to supply 660 calories
What is 73 grams of fat?
500
Carbohydrates broken down and become a simple sugar while the other is a storage from.
What is the difference between glycogen and glucose?