Nutrition Spelling
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| absorption | The taking up of liquids by solids or of gases by solids or liquids
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| dysphagia | Inability to swallow or difficulty in swallowing
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| calcium | Calcium is important for blood clotting, enzyme activation, and acid-based balance. It gives a firmness and rigidty to bones and teeth. It is essential for lactation, the function of nerves and muscles (including heart muscle)
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| carbohydrates | Carbohydrates are one of the six classes of nutrients needed by the body (the others are proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water)
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| enternal feed | Enternal feeding refers to the delivery of a nutritionally complete feed, containing protein, carbohydrate, fat, water, minerals, and vitamins, directly into the stomach, duodenum, or jejunum
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| cholesterol | It is synthesized in the liver and is a normal constituent of bile. It is the principle constiteunt of most gallstones and of atherosclerotic plaques found in the arteries
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| deficiency | Less than normal amount; a lack
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| dietician | An individual whose training and experience in the area of nutrition and who has the ability to apply that information to the dietary needs of the healthy and sick
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| digestion | The process by which food is broken down mechanically and chemically in the gastrointestinal tract and converted into absorbable forms
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| essential amino acids | An amino acid that is required for growth and development but that cannot be produced by the body and must be obtained from food
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| Ensure | Nutritional shakes and drinks can help you reach your healthy goals
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| malnutrition | Is a disease that results typically from inadequate consumption of foods, esp. proteins, iron and vitamins
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| anabolism | The building up of body tissues. It is the constructive phase of metabolism by which cells take from the blood nutrients required for repair or growth and convert these inorganic chemicals into cell products or parts of living cells
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| metabolism | All of the energy and material transformations that occur within living cells
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| minerals | An inorganic element or compound occuring in nature; esp. one that is solid
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| nutrients | Any food that supplies the body with the chemicals necessary for metabolism
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| potassium | It is a mineral that serves as both the principal cation (an iron with a positive electric charge) in intracellular fluid and an important electrolyte in extracellular fluid
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| protein | Any of a class of complex nitrogen-containing compounds synthesized by all living organisms and yeilding amino acids when hydrolyzed. Dietary proteins provide the amino acids necessary for the growth and repair of animal tissue
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| nutrition | The ingestion and utilzation of food by whcih growth, repair, and maintenace of activities in the body are accomplished. The body is able to store some nutrients (glycogen, calcium, iron) for times when food intake is insufficient
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| refined | To purify or render free from foreign material
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| sodium | Constitutes about 0.15% of budy mass. It is the most abundant cation (an ion with a positive electric charge) in extracellular fluids, the main contributor to osmotic pressure and hydration, participates in many specialized pumps and receptors
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| glucose | A simple sugar or monosaccharide, C6H12O6 that is the end product of carbohydrate digestion
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| vitamins | Only vitamins A, D and K are made within the body. The rest must be consumed in the diet. Vitamin A-formed from its precursor,carotene; vitamin D-formed by action of ultraviolet light on skin;vitamin K-symbiotic action of bacteria within the intestines
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| catabolism | The destructive phase of metabolism. It includes all the processes in which complex stubstances are converted into simpler ones, often with the release of energy, and cell respiration, for the formation of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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