Nutrients
Food as Fuel
Canada's Food Guide
ALL things Nutrition
100

What is a nutrient? 

What are Chemicals in the food you eat that help your body perform all its functions?

100

A calorie is... 

What is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1oC?

100

What information can you find in Canada's food guide?

What are the recommended types of foods and number of servings for a healthy diet? 

100

What is the most important nutrient?

What is water?

200

Name two organic Nutrients 

What are Carbohydrates / Proteins / Fats / Vitamins? 

200

Number of calories that equal a "dietary calorie"?

What is 1000 calories?
200

What do we have nutrition labels?

What is providing resources for Canadians to make informed food choices? 

200

What are the two inorganic nutrients?

What are water & minerals? 

300

Proteins are made of ...

What are amino acids? 

300

Why do you need to consume a certain number of calories a day? 

What is to maintain the metabolic processes that sustain life? 

300

Why must the body process food in order to be used?

Digestion is important for breaking down food into nutrients, which the body uses for energy, growth, and cell repair.

Food and drink must be changed into smaller molecules of nutrients before the blood absorbs them and carries them to cells throughout the body.

300
Which two fats can contribute the most to heart disease?

What are saturated and trans fats? 

400

Fats are composed of...

What are fatty acids and Glyercol? 

400

What is the SI unit for energy?

What is a joule? 

400

Recommended serving size of Milk and Alternatives for teens?

What is 3-4? 

400

Organic nutrients are nutrients that contain...

What is carbon?