What is helps clean out your digestive system. Helps you go to the bathroom.
100
What food has a lot of cholesterol in it?
What is red meat?
100
What is the purpose/function of protein in the body?
What is it helps build muscles, skin, hair, and nails?
100
What is the function of minerals in our bodies?
What is they are needed for certain processes, such as enzyme activity and bone function.
100
How many glasses of water do you need a day?
What is 8 glasses of water?
200
What is an example of a simple carbohydrate?
What is any type of candy or sugar (refined) product?
200
What does HDL do in the body?
What is carries cholesterol back to the liver, where it is removed from the body.
200
What is an amino acid?
What is the scientific name for a protein?
200
Where can a person get calcium?
What is any dairy product?
200
What does Nutrient DENSity mean?
What is a measure of the nutrients in a food compared with the energy the food provides?
300
What makes starch a complex carbohydrate?
What is it is made up of many sugars connected together? Example potatoes
300
What is the function of LDL in the body?
What is brings cholesterol to the body cells?
300
What is the difference between complete and incomplete protein?
What is complete proteins contain all essential amino acids and incomplete proteins are missing at least one essential amino acid?
300
List the fat and water soluble vitamins.
What is fat soluble vitamins - ADEK Water soluble vitamins - 8B vitamins and vitamin C.
300
What are three reasons why we eat what we eat?
What is The smell and taste of the food
Mood
Family traditions and ethnic background
Social occasions
Religious traditions
Health Concerns
Advertising
Cost and availability
400
Which is better for you body and why?
Complex or Simple Carbohydrates
What is complex carbs because it takes your body a longer period of time to break them down, so your body has to work harder.
400
What are two types of fat? Which one is better for you then the other?
What is saturated and unsaturated? and unsaturated is better.
400
If you are a vegeterian and can only eat incomplete proteins how do you get all you essential amino acids?
What is you must eat a variety and more incomplete proteins to make up all the essential amino acids?
400
How often do you need to consume fat soluble vitamins? why?
What is they can be stored in FAT so maybe once a week.
400
What is the deffinition of a fad diet?
What is a diet that requires major changes in your eating habits and promises quick results.
500
What is the difference between white bread and whole wheat bread in terms of nutrients?
What is white bread is refined, the nutrients were pulled out of the white bread. Whole wheat bread contains all its natural nutrients, nothing was done to whole wheat bread.
500
What type of fat can increase your chances of obesity and heart disease?
What is saturate fat?
500
Give an example of a complete protein and an incomplete protein?
What is a complete protein is any animal product and an incomplete protein can be plant products, legumes, grains, and vegetables.
500
What happens to the water soluble vitamins in your body?
What is they are not stored very long, they go through your body or dissolve quickly.
500
What does the new food guide pyramid tell us?
What is how many servings of each group of food we should consume on a daily basis AND that we should exercise on a daily basis.