Macronutrients
The 3 nutrients in food that provide your body energy.
What is carbohydrates, protein, and fat?
This mineral is an electrolyte responsible for maintaining fluid balance and increasing the cells ability to pull in water.
What is sodium?
What is another term used to describe Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) or the energy you use at rest?
What is BMR or basal metabolic rate?
Dark urine, dizziness, dry mouth, rapid pulse.
What are symptoms of dehydration?
This cooking method uses a small amount of oil or fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat.
What is sautée?
Nuts, nut butter, avocados, and olive oil contain this type of fatty acid that is liquid at room temperature.
What is unsaturated Fat?
This vitamin is associated with vision and found in foods with vibrant orange-yellow colors.
What is vitamin A?
This organ requires the most energy, about 27% of your basal metabolic rate daily.
What is the liver?
Drinking 6-8 cups of water per day.
What is the recommended daily fluid intake?
This protein network gives baked goods their structure and elasticity.
What is gluten?
This macronutrient plays a critical role in immunity, building/maintenance of muscle tissue, and makes up essential enzymes and hormones in the body.
What is protein?
This vitamin is commonly used as a preservative in foods with a chemical name "ascorbic acid."
What is vitamin C?
This metabolic state occurs when the body burns fat for energy due to limited carbohydrate intake.
What is ketosis?
This group of minerals are responsible for maintaining fluid balance and muscle contraction.
What are electrolytes?
A recipe calls for 12 oz of milk, which is equivalent to this many cups.
What is 1 ½ cups?
This is the most important nutrient in our body.
What is water?
This essential mineral is an electrolyte and is present in the largest amount in the human body.
What is calcium?
This type of metabolism when amino acids in the muscle are broken down and used for energy.
Beginner: What is Catabolism?
Advanced: What is gluconeogenesis?
The organ that filters blood.
This leavening agent helps bread rise by producing carbon dioxide through fermentation.
What is yeast?
This organic functional group is attached to a chain of amino acids and indicates the role of a protein.
What is the Carboxyl Group?
What is fortified?
The Thermic effect of food contributes to what % of your Total Daily Energy Expenditure?
What is 10%?
The movement of water molecules from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration, in order to balance solute concentrations on both sides of the membrane.
What is osmosis?
This is the cooking temperature required for poultry.
What is 165 degrees fahrenheit?