Nutrition Terms
A unit of measurement for energy provided by food.
What is a calorie?
Three things that a food label shows.
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Necessary for most bodily functions; Get 8 1/2 - 11 1/2 cups per day.
What is water?
The bacteria that naturally lives in chickens that makes people sick; this is why you need to chicken thoroughly.
What is salmonella?
A type of food that is produced without pesticides, bioengineering, or high-energy radiation.
What is organic food?
Chemical substances that give your body what it needs to grow and function properly (Carbs, Protein, Fats, Vitamins, Minerals, Water).
What are nutrients?
Ingredients on a food label are listed in this order.
What is descending order?
What is most to least?
A major source of energy for the body.
What are carbohydrates?
This is the toxin that contaminates foods most often. Most recently in Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and spinach.
Hint: it is also the same thing that closes beaches in the summer.
What is e. coli?
A condition in which the body's tissues lose too much water.
What is dehydration?
Added sugars and solid fats in some foods that have little or no nutritional value. Found in cake, cookies, candy, soda, etc.
What are empty calories?
Substances added to food products to cause desired changes.
What are food additives?
Vitamins A, D, E, & K are examples of this type of vitamin and can be toxic if a person gets too much.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
Three ways to prevent foodborne illness.
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The rate at which the body uses energy.
What is metabolism?
A condition in which the body takes in too few calories for health and growth; malnutrition.
What is undernutrition?
The recommended amounts of nutrients that a person should consume each day; Printed at the bottom of the food label; Based on a 2000 calorie diet.
What are daily values?
Minerals the body needs more than 100mg per day are called Macro-minerals.
These are minerals the body needs less than 100mg of per day.
What are trace minerals?
An illness caused by toxins that an organism has produced in a food.
What is foodborne intoxication?
A condition which causes weakness, fatigue, and headaches that is caused by lack of iron.
What is anemia?
A relatively low-calorie food that provides vitamins, minerals and other helpful substances.
What are nutrient-dense foods?
This is the government agency that sets the criteria for both nutrition labels and claims on labels.
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
This is the healthy fat that is found in plant-based foods.
What is unsaturated fat?
An illness caused by a bacteria, virus, or parasite that has contaminated a food. Examples: Norovirus and Salmonella.
What is foodborne infection?
A condition in which a person cannot properly digest a certain type of food.
What is a food intolerance?