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Carbohydrates
Protein
Fat
Vitamins/Minerals
Miscellaneous
100

According to the USDA 2010 guidelines, what percentage of the diet should consist of carbohydrate?

What is 45-65%

100
What does protein do?
Builds muscle
100
What is fat used for?
Energy, insulation, transfer vitamins.
100
Minerals are organic or inorganic nutrients?
What is inorganic?
100
These are your body's main source of energy. You need a lot of them because your body uses them quickly.
what are carbohydrates?
200

How many calories per gram do carbohydrates provide?

What are 4 kcal/g

200
How many calories per gram does protein provide?
What is 4kcal/g
200
How many calories per gram does fat provide?
What is 9 Kcal/gram
200
What general nutrient facilitates the release of energy from carbohydrate, fat and protein? This also helps different body systems.
Vitamins
200
This nutrient gives your body more energy than any other kind of nutrient. Your body stores this when you do not use the food energy you take in.
What is Fat?
300

What is found in all plant-derived foods and have been linked to a lower risk for heart disease and cleans out your system?

Fiber (soluble)

300
Name three sources of high-quality protein?
What are meat, fish, poultry, cheese, eggs, yogurt, milk
300
Saturate fat intake should be less than __% of calorie intake? Within 5%....
What is 10%
300
What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
Calcium
300
This nutrient helps maintain the body's fluid balance, protect the body against disease, transport nutrients and other molecules, and builds muscle?
What are proteins?
400

What are the two types of carbohydrate?

Simple and complex

400
Proteins in your body are made up of __ different amino acids?
What is 20?
400
Name two healthy sources of fat?
What are Olive oil, avocado, nuts/seeds, coconut oil
400
Name the 2 main vitamins in fruit.
Vitamin C, A
400
Carries nutrient and waste products throughout the body, aids in regulation of body temperature and maintains the structure of large molecules such as proteins and glycogen?
What is water?
500

Carbohydrates are the preferred energy source for what part of the human body specifically?

What are brain cells, nerve cells and developing red blood cells?

500
What are the building blocks of protein
Amino acids
500
What type of fat is solid at room temperature?
What is saturate fat?
500
What general nutrient is vulnerable to destruction by heat, light and chemical agents?
What are vitamins?
500
The human body is made up of approximately __% of water?
What is 60-70%?