Essential Nutrients
What is also called SUGAR?
What is Carbohydrates
What essential nutrient is also called FATS/OILS?
What is LIPIDS
What disease is high blood pressure?
What is HYPERTENSION
What vocabulary term definition is all body processes relating to food
What is NUTRITION
Where does most of the absorption of nutrients occur?
What is the SMALL INTESTINE.
Which therapeutic diet has no dietary restrictions, has a balanced diet, and limites desserts, cream sauces, salad dressings and fried foods?
What is REGULAR DIET.
What essential nutrient is essential to tissue repair?
What is PROTEIN
What essential nutrient has the most common examples of TRIGLYCERIDES, PHOSPHOLIPIDS & STEROLS?
What is FATS.
What disease is when someone has weak or brittle bones?
What is OSTEOPOROSIS
What vocabulary term definition is the state of good health and optimal body function
What is WELLNESS
What does the acronym BMR stand for?
What is BASAL METABOLIC RATE
Which therapeutic diet restricts patients to only clear liquids like water, tea & coffee?
What is a LIQUID DIET.
What provides the body's main source of energy?
What is CARBOHYDRATES
What is essential for digestion?
What is WATER
What disease is plaque build up in the arteries?
What is ATHEROSCLEROSIS
What vocabulary term definition is the process of the body breaking down food, changing food chemically to move through the digestive system?
What does the acronym BMI stand for?
What is BODY MASS INDEX
Which therapeutic diet is also called a carbohydrate-controlled diet?
What is a DIABETIC DIET?
What essential nutrient is the organic compound essential to life?
What is VITAMINS
What essential nutrient is the basic compound for all body cells?
What is PROTEIN
What disorder is a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood?
What is DIABETES
What vocabulary term definition is the process by which blood or lymph capillaries pick up digested nutrients, thismainly occurs in the small intestine
What is ABSORPTION
What is a good rule of thumb for how much fiber you should include in your diet when looking at the nutrition labels of food?
Which therapeutic diet is used for stomach ulcers and colitis?
What is a BLAND DIET.
What essential nutrient are inorganic elements found in body tissues?
What is MINERALS
Minerals like Sodium, Calcium,, Potassium, & Magnesium are consider what?
What are ELECTROLYTES
What does good nutrition prevent or delay?
(hint there are 5 answers)
What is hypertension, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, diabetes, and malnutrition.
What vocabulary term definition is the process by which nutrients are used by cells for tissue building, providing energy & regulating body functions
What is METABOLISM
According to our nutrition label discussion, how many grams of protein should we consume based on our body weight?
What is .36 grams per pound of body weight.
Which therapeutic diet is used for growth-delayed children, pregnant women, and patients with burns?
What is HIGH PROTEIN DIET.