Vocabulary
The main type of sugar in your blood - the body's main type of fuel.
What is glucose?
The % of a nutrient if that food item is low in the nutrient
What is 5 % or less?
One gram of protein provides ____ calories.
What is 4?
One gram of carbohydrates provides _____ calories.
What is 4?
Vitamins and minerals - nutrients that are needed for bodily functions
What are micronutrients?
The % of a nutrient if a food item is high in that nutrient
What is 20% or more?
Fruit juice: simple or a complex carbohydrate
What is a simple carbohydrate?
One gram of fat provides ____ calories.
What is 9?
This type of sugar is stored in your liver until your muscles need it for energy.
What is glycogen?
If a food item has 3 grams of protein per serving and 4 servings per container, there are _____ grams of protein in that container.
What is 12?
The FDA recommends more ____________ per day than the other two nutrients (fats, carbohydrates, protein).
What is carbohydrates?
Creamer is a _____ fat. Non-dairy creamer is a _____ fat.
What is saturated and trans?
These nutrients give your body energy through calories: protein, fats, carbohydrates.
What are macronutrients?
The amount of calories per serving if a food item has 300 calories per container and 3 servings per container.
What is 100?
The daily recommended amount of trans fat per day is __________.
What is zero?
Most types of fish are _____________ fats.
What is unsaturated?
List five factors that affect individual caloric needs.
What are: age, gender, rate of metabolism, current weight, activity level, health conditions?
The maximum recommended amount of sugar per meal is...The maximum recommended amount per day. is...
What is 9 grams and 30 grams?
Name the nutrient category for each of the following (carbohydrate, fat, or protein): apple, cooking oil, pasta, steak, potato
What is: carbohydrate, fat, carbohydrate, protein, carbohydrate?
The following are either micronutrients or macronutrients: You can answer micro or macro...fish, potassium, iron, steak, broccoli
What is macro, micro, micro, macro, macro?