10.1
What is nutrition?
The process by which your body takes in and uses food.
What is substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, to supply you with energy.
Nutrients
What does it mean to be nutrient dense?
A high ratio of nutrients to calories
You ate some bad sushi, and the doctor diagnosed you with food poisoning, what is food poisoning?
Food poisoning is a food borne illness.
What makes a food reduced?
The food contains 25 percent fewer calories, or 25 percent less of a given nutrient, than the original version. This term may also be worded as “less” or “fewer”.
What are macronutrients?
Carbs, proteins, and fats.
What is the process by which your body takes in and uses food?
Nutrition
What is ONE example of a nutrient dense food?
Carrots
The cookie you just bought says it could have cross contamination with peanuts, what does that mean?
Cross-contamination is the spreading of pathogens from one food to another. For example: if you are baking cookies and you accidentally gets peanuts from the peanut cookie in the sugar cookie.
When reading a food label, and it stays sell by date, what does that mean?
This date shows the last day on which a store should sell a product. After this date, the freshness of a food is not guaranteed. Therefore, you should not buy this product if it is past the present date.
What is an example of a fat?
Avocados, butter, and olive oil.
What is the physical desire for food called?
Appetite
What is MyPlate?
MyPlate is an interactive guide to healthful eating and active living.
What is food additives?
Substances added to a food to produce a desired affect.
You’re in a store, shopping and you see sugar FREE cookies, what does that mean?
The food contains none, or an insignificant amount, of a given component: fat, sugar, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, or calories.
What percent of your diet should be carbs?
Around 60%
What is the natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the body’s need for food?
Hunger
What is the basic definition of the dietary guidelines for Americans?
A set of recommendations about smart eating and physical activity for all Americans.
What does Pasteurization mean?
Pasteurization is treating a substance with heat to kill or slow the growth of pathogens.
The burgers you bought from the meat section says “pack date 1/2/2020”, what does that mean?
A pack date shows the day on which a food was processed or packaged.
What’s is the approximate percentages of each macronutrients in your diet? (Fats, carbs, and proteins)
60% carbs, 15% protein, and less than 30% fats.
What is the unit of heat used to measure the energy it receives from food?
Calories
How much water should you drink per day?
What are the two types of food sensitives?
Food allergies and food intolerances.
The cereal you are buying says “a good source of minerals”, what does that statement mean?
The food provides 10 to 19 percent of the daily value for a vitamin, mineral, protein, or fiber. Synonyms for this term include “contains” and “provides”.