All about Nutrients
Bioactive food components in plants that positively effect health.
Not one of the six classes of nutrients.
Phytochemicals
DRIs are a set of standards for nutrient intake to prevent these
What are deficiencies and chronic diseases?
The panel on food packages that provides information on the nutrient content of the food.
What is the Nutrition Facts panel?
A study in which half of the subjects (the experimental subjects) follow diet advice to reduce fat intakes, while the other half (the control subjects) do not.
However both groups’ heart health is monitored.
What is an Intervention study?
The name of the muscular contractions that move food along the gastrointestinal tract.
What is peristalsis?
The condition characterized by:
High fasting blood glucose
Central obesity
Hypertension
Low blood HDL
High blood triglycerides
What is Metabolic syndrome?
Deficiency of this nutrient can cause anemia, weakness, and fatigue.
What is iron?
The Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for carbohydrate intake for adults is this.
What is 45-65% of total calories?
The list on food packages arranged in descending order by weight.
What is the Ingredient List?
Something that increases the likelihood of developing a disease is called
What is a a risk factor?
The enzyme that breaks down starch in the mouth.
What is salivary amylase?
The condition characterized by high blood glucose levels due to insufficient or ineffective insulin.
What is Diabetes mellitus?
Folate is part of a coenzyme necessary for making new ____
cells
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein intake for adults is this amount.
What is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight?
The claim on food packages that describes the relationship between a nutrient or food and a disease or health condition.
What is a Health Claim?
This study design showed that the incidence of heart disease seems to be lower among people living in Italy, Greece, and other countries around the Mediterranean, compared with those living in the United States.
What is an Epidemiological study?
The acidic liquid produced in the stomach that aids in digestion.
What is gastric juice
The condition characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
What is Cancer?
Vitamin B12 occurs only in foods of _____ origin
animal
The Adequate Intake (AI) for fiber intake for women & men.
What is 25 grams per day for women and 38 grams per day for men?
The term on food packages that indicates the amount of food considered a single serving by the manufacturer.
What is Serving Size?
Stage of Behavior Change where one strives to integrate the new behavior into daily life to make it permanent. Despite relapses.
What is the Maintenance Stage?
The organ that produces bile, which emulsifies fat in the small intestine.
What is the liver?
Some modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases.
What are diet, physical activity, and smoking?
Which nutrient toxicity can cause liver damage, nausea, and blurred vision?
What is Vit A
The DRI for Sodium is ____________while the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for sodium intake for adults is this amount ____________.
What are 1500 mg for DRI & UL of 2,300 milligrams per day?
The term on food packages that indicates the percentage of a nutrient that a serving of food contributes to a 2,000-calorie diet.
What is Percent Daily Value?
Criteria that can be used to evaluate the credibility of a source of nutrition information.
*What are the qualifications and reputation of the author or organization,
*the timeliness of the information,
*and the evidence and references that support the information?
These finger-like projections increase the surface area of the small intestine and facilitate absorption.
What are villi and microvilli?
Some non-modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases.
What are age, gender, and genetics?
These dietary components may have anti-cancer properties.
What are antioxidants?
Chronically undersupplied nutrients in the US diet.
Name 4
These nutrients are chronically under- or overconsumed in relation to their DRI recommendations, indicating a need for change in U.S. eating habits.
Chronically undersupplied in U.S. diets
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Folate
Calcium
Iron (for some girls and women)
Iodine
Fiber
Potassium
5 USDA Food Groups
What are
Fruit
Vegetable
Grain
Protein
Dairy
????
5 Components of a Nutritious Diet
Adequacy
Balance
Calorie Control
Moderation
Variety
This organ produces enzymes, hormones and bicarbonate
What is the pancreas?
Symptoms of Type2 Diabetes
Intense hunger, although there is plenty of glucose in the blood, the cells are starved for energy
Frequent urination, because the kidneys are filtering excess sugar out of the blood and having to draw water from the body to excrete it
Intense thirst, because the frequent urination brings about dehydration
Certain types of Dietary fiber helps prevent cardiovascular disease by reducing blood cholesterol.
What is soluble fiber?
What are the 4 Key Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025
Guideline 1 Follow a healthy dietary pattern at every life stage
Guideline 2 Customize and enjoy nutrient-dense food and beverage choices to reflect personal preferences, cultural traditions, and budgetary considerations.
Guideline 3 Focus on meeting food group needs with nutrient-dense foods and beverages, and stay within calorie limits.
Guideline 4 Limit foods and beverages higher in added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium, and limit alcoholic beverages.
A measure of nutrients provided per calorie of food. A nutrient dense food provides vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients with little or no added fats, added sugars, refined starches, or sodium.
What is nutrient density?
The amount of calories in 1 slice of toasted bread with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter which provides :
16 g carbohydrate
7 g protein,
9 g fat:
What is 173 calories?
Storage form of Carbohydrate energy in liver and muscles
What is glycogen?
Components of the DASH diet