Vitamins
This is known as the sunshine vitamin and helps with absorption of calcium which helps maintain strong bones and teeth.
What is Vitamin D?
What is Calcium?
This is the body's main source of fuel as well as the only source of energy that can be used by the brain.
What are carbohydrates?
The organ that the process of digestion starts in.
What is the mouth?
Fact or Fiction: Eating disorder behaviors can affect how our body processes and absorbs nutrients.
Fact
This vitamin is associated with vision.
What is vitamin A?
Needed for maintaining water levels in the body and assists nerves in sending messages throughout the body.
What is sodium?
The body breaks down this macronutrient into amino acids.
What are proteins?
The acid in the stomach that aids in chemical digestion of food
What is hydrochloric acid?
Name the water soluble and fat soluble vitamins.
Water soluble: Vitamin C and B
Fat soluble: Vitamin A, E, D, and K
An antioxidant that promotes healing wounds? Also found in citrus fruits, kale, and onions.
What is vitamin C?
vital for making red blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
What is iron?
What macronutrient groups are most readily used for energy by the body?
What are fats and carbohydrates?
The organ where most of the absorption of nutrients occurs.
What is the small intestines?
Fact or Fiction: When our body doesn't have enough energy it can use protein we eat as energy.
Fiction.
This vitamin is an antioxidant that helps protect the cell membrane and DNA.
What is vitamin E?
important for healthy immune system, cell growth, and wound healing. Can be found in foods such as beef, lamb, egg yolks,, whole grains, and legumes.
What is zinc?
This macronutrient is used to produce hormones as well as required for transport and absorption of vitamins A,D,E,K.
What is fat?
The organ that releases enzymes to aid in breaking down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
What is the pancreas?
The hormone released when we eat food that provides fat.
What is leptin?
Helps convert food into fuel, allowed us to stay energized throughout the day.
What is vitamin B?
Name 3 major and 3 trace minerals.
Major: Sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur
Trace: Iron, zinc, iodine, selenium, copper, manganese, fluoride, chromium, molybdenum.
Difference between macronutrient and micronutrient.
The body requires macronutrients in large amounts and are larger molecules while micronutrients are required in smaller amounts in the body and are smaller molecules.
(?), (?), and (?) are excreted from the large intestines after nutrients have been absorbed.
water, electrolytes, and vitamin K.
The hormone released when we eat food that provides carbohydrates and tells the brain the body is satisfied.
What is Insulin?