Carb's, Fat's & Protein
A major source of energy for the body, are found in fruits, vegetables, grains, and milk products.
What is Carbohydrate?
Vitamins A, K, D, E
What is Fat Soluble?
A unit of measurement for energy provided by food.
What is a Calorie?
The recommended amounts of nutrients that a person should consume each day.
What is Daily Values?
A state of health and wellness in which one feels safe, fulfilled, and productive, and looks forward to enjoying a long life.
What is Well-Being?
The preferred source of energy for your brain and central nervous system.
What is Glucose?
What are Water-Soluble Vitamins?
Published by the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). Recommendations for establishing eating patterns to promote health.
What are the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
A government agency that regulates medications, biological products, medical devices, food supply, cosmetics, and radiation-emitting products.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A dimension of health that involves your mood, outlook on life, and beliefs about yourself.
What is Emotional Health?
When Glucose is stored in the liver and muscles for later use, it is known as this.
What is Glycogen?
A condition in which bones become fragile and may break easily, which can be caused by lack of calcium during childhood and adolescence.
What is Osteoporosis?
The rate at which the body uses energy.
What is Metabolism?
A type of food that is produced without pesticides, bio-engineering, or high-energy radiation.
What is Organic Food?
A poor state of health and wellness in various areas of your life.
What is Disease?
A type of fat made by the body that is also present in some foods.
What is Cholesterol?
A condition that causes weakness, fatigue, and headaches, which occurs when people do not take in enough iron.
What is Anemia?
A relatively low-calorie food that provides vitamins, minerals, and other healthful substances.
A condition in which a person cannot properly digest a certain type of food.
What is Food Intolerance?
Theories and health claims that are described as being based on science when they are not.
What is Pseudoscience?
A type of fat that is created by hydrogenation; poses health risks acknowledged by the FDA.
What is Trans Fat?
Those minerals your body needs in quantities greater than 100 milligrams a day to maintain good health.
What is Macro-minerals?
A condition in which the body takes in too much of some nutrients or too many calories.
What is Overnutrition?
An immune response in which the body reacts to a certain type of food as though the food were a harmful substance; many manifest itself in rashes, swelling, difficulty breathing, indigestion, or dizziness.
What is Food Allergy?
Law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights.
What is the Affordable Care Act?