The Importance of Nutrition
The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body’s need for food.
What is hunger?
Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes.
What are vitamins?
An interactive guide and graphic that shows healthful eating, active living, and meal proportions.
What is MyPlate?
A condition in which the body’s immune system has a negative reaction to substances in some foods.
What are food allergies?
Dense tissue that forms the skeleton and supports the body.
What are bones?
The psychological desire for food.
What is appetite?
Nutrients that the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
What are proteins?
There is a high ratio of nutrients to calories.
What does it mean if food is nutrient-dense?
When the body has a negative reaction to food that doesn’t involve the immune system. For example, when someone is lactose interolant.
What are food intolerances?
This occurs when the brain is totally and irreversibly non-functional.
What is brain death?
The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is nutrition?
A tough, complex, carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
What is fiber?
The acronym for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
What is the USDA?
Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
What is pasteurization?
The body’s way of protecting itself against a foreign invader such as a donated organ.
What is organ rejection?
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supple you with energy.
What is nutrients?
Starches and sugars found in foods which provide your body’s main source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
Choosing healthy foods, thinking about your total calorie intake, and avoiding oversized portions.
What is balancing calories?
The spreading of pathogens from one food to another.
What is cross-contamination?
A disease or disorder related to heredity, birth, or origin.
What is a genetic disorder?
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food.
What is a calorie?
A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
What is osteoporosis?
A set of recommendation about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What is the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
Substances added to a food to produce a desire effect.
What are food additives?
A blood test preformed before a transplant to find out if the specific donar organ to be transplanted is likely to be rejected by the respective recipient.
What is cross-matching?