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Ch. 10 L1 & L2 Quiz
Nutrition
Question | Answer |
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Nutrition | the process by which your body takes in and uses food |
Nutrients | substances in food that your body needs to grow to repair itself and supply you with energy |
calorie | a unit of heat to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it receives from food |
Hunger | the natural physical drive to eat prompted by the body's desire for food |
Appetite | the physiological desire for food |
What are types of environments that effect your eating habits? | o Family and culture o Friends o Time and money o Advertising |
What is emotional eating? | ○ The need to eat when you feel stressed, frustrated, lonely, sad, or bored |
Carbohydrates | starches and sugars found in foods which provide your body's main source of energy |
Simple Carbohydrates | sugars such as needed fructose found in fruits and lactose found in milk |
Complex Carbohydrates | or starches are long chain of sugars linked together-grains, bread, pasta, beans, and root vegetables |
Fiber | a tough complex carbohydrates that the body cannot digest, moves waste through the digestive system |
Protein | nutrients the body uses to build and maintain its cells and tissue |
Fats | your body needs a certain amount of this to function properly |
Cholesteral | a waxy fatlike substance in your blood |
Vitamins | compounds in food that help regulate many blood processes |
Minerals | elements found in food that are used in the body |
Osteoporosis | a condition in which the bones become fragile and break easily |
Water | essential for most body functions |
What are ways your body use nutrients? | o As an energy source o To build and repair tissue o To sustain growth o To regulate body functions |
What are 5 types of nutrients? | o Carbohydrates o Proteins o Fats o Minerals o Water |
What are types of carbohydrates? | ○ Simple Carbohydrates ○ Complex Carbohydrates ○ Fibers |
What is the role of carbohydrates? | ○ The main source of fuel for the body's tissue aka energy |
How many amino acids does your body use and what are those amino acids called? | Your body uses 20 amino acids found in food called nonessentials amino acids |
How many amino acids are not produced in your body? What are they called? How do you get them? | o All but 9 are produced by your body and are called essential amino acids because the body must get food from them |
What type of foods contain the nine amino acids? | â Complete proteins from meat, eggs and diary |
What is the role of proteins? | the basic building material of all your body's cell- muscles, bones, skin and internal organs |
What are the types of fats? | ○ Unsaturated Fats ○ Saturated Fats ○ Trans fats |
Ex. of unsaturated fats | vegetable oils, nuts and seeds |
Ex. of saturated fats | found mostly in animal based products such as meat and many diary products |
Trans fats | fats formed by a process called hydrogenation which causes vegetable oil to harden |
Ex. of trans fats | found in a stick of margarine & many snacks and package baked goods |
What are the role of fats? | ○ concentrated form of energy ○ maintain healthy skin and hair ○ absorb and transport fat-soluble vitamins (A,D,E, AND K) o increase the levels of cholesterol |
Can your body produce minerals? If not where do you get them from? | No, get this from food |
What are the functions of water? | ○ Move food through the digestive system ○ Help digest carbs and proteins ○ Transport nutrients ○ Stores and releases heat ○ Cools the body ○ Cushions the eyes , brain and spinal cord ○ Lubricates joints |
How many cups of water are you suppose to drink water? | 9-13 cups of water per day |
How many of the body cells contain water? | ALL OF THEM!!!!!! |