Importance of nutrition
The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is Nutrition?
Starches and sugars found in foods which provide your body’s main source of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What are Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
Substances added to a food to produce a desired effect.
What is a food additive?
A condition in which the body’s immune system reacts to substances in some foods.
What are Food allergies?
A unit of heat to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from blood.
What are calories?
Nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissues.
What are proteins?
An interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
What is My plate?
Food borne illness.
What is food poisoning?
A condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily.
What is osteoporosis?
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
What are nutrients?
Compounds found in food that help regulate many bodily processes.
What are vitamins?
A high ratio of nutrients to calories.
What is nutrient-dense?
The spreading of pathogens from one food to another.
What is cross contamination?
A waxy, fatlike substance.
What is cholesterol?
The natural, physical drive to eat.
What is hunger?
A tough, complex carbohydrate that the body cannot digest.
What is fiber?
Fruits, vegetables, protein, grains, and dairy.
What are the food groups?
Treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
What is pasteurization?
A type of fa that, when used in moderation, can lower your risk of heart disease.
What is unsaturated fat?
The psychological desire for food.
What is appetite?
Elements found in food that are used in the body.
What are minerals?
Department of Health and Human Services.
What is DHHS?
A negative reaction to food that does not involve the immune system.
What is food intolerance?
Blood located in the umbilical cord.
What is chord blood?