Nutrition Test

Essential Nutrients

100

This nutritent is necessary because it

1.Carries other nutrients through the body

2. Helps digestion

3. Removes wastes from the body

4. Lubricates joints

5. Keeps from overheating

Water

200

This nutrient is important because it strengthens bones and teeth, help keep the blood healthy, and keep the heart and other vital organs working properly

Minerals 

300

Substances that help to regulate the body's function help to produce energy, fight infection, and help with other tasks! Two types: Fat-soluble and Water-soluble. 

Vitamins

400

Name the three types of fats?

Saturated, Unsaturated and Trans Fats

500

Amino Acids make up this kind of nutrient

Protein 

Hunger

100

Two types of hunger

Physical hunger and Psychological hunger

200

A desire for food that usually occurs without any physical symptoms characterized by: specific food cravings, preoccupation with thoughts of food, or food cue

Psychological hunger

300

Something social, internal or external environment that acts to trigger a desire for food

Food cue 

400

Please tell me the 3 different food cues. 

Internal, external, and social cues. 

500

Signal from the body telling you that it needs to be refueled 

    EX) headache,stomach growls, light head

Physical hunger

Definitions

100

The process of taking in and using nutrients

Nutrition 

200

Is the food and drink that we regularly choose to consume

Diet

300

Unit of heat that measures the energy available in food.

Calorie

400

This nutrient provides the body with insulation:

Fats

500

________________ are starches and sugars that provide the body with  most of its energy.

Carbohydrates 

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100

34.  A healthy diet is one that is low in sugar but high in ____________________

Fiber

200

When you are trying to find calories from Protein you would multiply by ________

4

300

When you are trying to find calories from fats you 

Multiply by 9

400

When you are trying to find calories from carbs you

Multiply by 4

500

What percentage of water is our body made up of?

60-75%

Misc.

100

Iron is an example of which of the following nutrients

Minerals

200

________________ are starches and sugars that provide the body with  most of its energy.

Carbs

300

Which of the following foods contains the most saturated fat?

-Mushrooms

-Lettuce

-Jelly

-Steak 

Steak

400

Which three nutrients give us energy?  

Carbs, Fats, and Proteins

500

Simple carbohydrates are known as:

Sugar