Nutrition
What is the process of obtaining food necessary for health and growth?
Nutrition
What Fuels your body?
FOOD
Nutrients that are made by living things, are required only in small amounts, and that assist many chemical reactions in the body are known as what?
Vitamins
What is the feeling of physical discomfort that is caused by your body's need for nutrients
Hunger
What is the following:
1. Read ingredients list
2. Note the # of servings per container
3. Note # of calories in one serving
4. Look at the % of the Daily Values
5. Look for any health or nutrient claims
How to read a food label
What is eating the correct amount of nutrients, on a daily basis, in order to maximize your health?
Optimal Nutrition
What is the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down and measured in units?
Calories
How many types of vitamins are there and what are they?
2- Fat Soluble and Water Soluble
This affects your calorie needs (abbreviation is BMR)
Basal Metabolic Rate
What is determined by your heredity, level of activity, and body composition?
Weight
Nutrients
What supplies energy for your body's functions?
Carbohydrates
Your body requires small amounts of what?
They are nutrients that occur naturally in rocks and soil.
Minerals
What is a desire for food that is based on emotions and other factors rather than nutritional need.
Appetite
What do you calculate to assess your weight and see if it falls within a healthy range?
How many classes of nutrients are there?
6
How many types of Carbs are there and what are they?
2- Simple and Complex
What are the 7 minerals you need?
Calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, chlorine and sulfur.
Why do we eat?
Meet nutritional needs
satisfy your appetite
supply your body with energy
What is a response by your immune system to the proteins in certain foods?
What are the 6 classes of nutrients?
Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals and Water
How many types of fats are there and what are they?
3- Unsaturated, Saturated and Trans
Water
What are the five food groups of MyPlate to create a healthy meal?
Grains, Veggies, Fruits, Dairy, and Protein
What is an inability to digest a particular food or food additive?
Food Intolerance