Week 1/2:Intro & Food Safety
Why is food safety crucial?
In order to avoid foodborne illnesses!
What is the 7-step common research method used to create trustworthy, publishable research?
The Scientific Method
True or False: The microbiome is only in your gut
False - your microbiome is primarily in your digestive tract but also on your skin!
What is the monomer of carbohydrates? (bonus pts. for listing them)
Monosaccarides - glucose, fructose, and galactose
lipids that are liquid at room temperature are commonly referred to as
oil
What is the most common foodborne illness
Salmonella
Which is more energy dense: lettuce or french fries? (bonus pts. if you can explain why)
French Fries - Fries have more fat at 9 calories per gram, Lettuce is high in fiber and water at 0 calories
Where is your first site of digestion
The mouth - mechanical breakdown (chewing) and chemical breakdown (salivary amylase enzyme)
Complex carbohydrates are known as a "natural ___" due to their inability to be digested
laxative
amino acids
What is the temperature danger zone range?
41-135 degrees F
What are the suggested dietary guidelines for amount of grain consumption/day?
2-3 ounces
What are the Blue Zones?
Populations in the world that live to be 100 years or older (centennials)
Where is glycogen stored?
liver and muscles
Sterols differ from other lipids due to their
hydrocarbon ring bonds (rather than fatty acid makeup)
What is Aseptic Processing?
Sterilizing all food and containers
Dietary Guidelines suggest less than __% of daily calories in sugars (and the same goes for saturate fats).
10
What's the difference between chronic and acute illness?
Acute: short term, can be cured
Chronic: Long developing, cannot be cured.
glucose-glucose bond
If you do not consume enough _____ your body will be forced to make ____ from amino acids present in body tissue
(same term for each blank)
glucose
What is the Delaney Clause?
regulation that prevents the FDA from approving food additives that cause cancer in humans or animals
We should consume less than _____mg per day of sodium
2,300
what is the brush boarder made up of, and what is its main purpose?
Made up of: finger like projections called villi
Purpose: help collect nutrients and absorb them into bloodstream
Note: In small intestine which is the primary site of digestion.
What is White Grain stripped of in comparison to whole grain?
White grain is missing Bran (fiber rich outer later) and germ (small nutrient rich core)
What is intercropping?
growing of two or more crops in proximity, which encourages plants to thrive in varying soil characteristics