Vitamins, Minerals and Basic Nutrients
Rickets can result if you have a lack of what?
Vitamin D
Potatoes are a good source of
carbohydrates
One’s cholesterol number should be under?
200
What percentage of our diet should come from protein?
10-15%
Eating disorder marked by starvation and not eating?
Anorexia
What vitamin must be present in order for our bodies to absorb calcium?
Vitamin D
This is not digestible and found in the skin and stalks of veggies and fruits
Fiber
3,500 extra calories can be equal to...
1 lb of fat
Proteins do what to you body cells?
Build and Repair cells
An eating disorder marked by binging, vomiting and the use of diuretics
Bulimia
The mineral found to help prevent osteoporosis
Calcium
Fruit is considered what type of carbohydrate?
Simple
The scientific word for Fat is a/an?
Lipid
Proteins contain how many calories per gram?
4
These are popular diets that may help a person lose weight but without proper regard for nutrition
Fad Diet
Scurvy
Pasta and potatoes are classified as what type of carbohydrate?
Complex
Fats contain how many calories per gram?
Protein is made up of building blocks called...?
Amino Acids
When the immune system overreacts to a food or food protein causing life threatening conditions.
Food Allergy
The condition that can occur from not enough Iodine
Goiter
How many minutes does it take for your body to realize you've started to eat.
20 minutes
a waxy fat-like substance produced in the liver of all animals.
Cholesterol
How many "essential" amino acids are there? (need to be supplied by the diet)
9
measure of the energy in food
Calorie
Name the nutrients for 6 basic nutrients that DO NOT contain energy/calories.
Vitamins, Minerals, Water
Empty calorie foods
The 2 types of cholesterol are?
What do they stand for - write them out
Which is good and which is bad?!
TRIPLE POINTS!
HDL & LDL
High Density Lipoprotein
Low Density Lipoprotein
High is good, Low is bad
What are the two types of proteins
Complete & Incomplete
Three main type of foodborne illnesses talked about in class found in poultry, beef, canned goods.
Salmonella
E.Coli
Botulism
What are the Fat Soluble Vitamins?
What are the Water Soluble Vitamins?
DOUBLE POINTS!
A,D,E,K
Bs &Cs
Blood may not clot can be caused by a lack of what vitamin?
Vitamin K
Why are trans fats so bad for you
they increase bad cholesterol and lower good
they lead to athlerosclerosis
They are not real food
How many total amino acids does our body need?
20
Will not eat any animal products
Will only eat eggs and dairy no other animal prod.
Will only eat dairy and no other animal products
Will only eat eggs and no other animal products
DOUBLE POINTS!!
Vegan
Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian
Lacto Vegetarian
Ovo Vegetarian