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Health chap. 5 and 6

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Nutrients Substances in food that your body needs to function properly to grow, to repair, and to supply you with energy
Hunger A natural drive that protects you from starvation
Appetite A desire, rather than I need, to eat
Nutrition The process by which the body takes in and uses food
Carbohydrates The starches and sugars found in foods
Glucose A simple sugar and the bodies chief fuel
Glycogen Glucose that is not used right away is stored and a liver and muscles as a starch like substance
Proteins Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues
Amino acid Substances that make a body proteins
Lipid A fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
Linoleic acids And essential fatty acid not made in the body but which is essential for growth and healthy skins
Cholesterol Fat like substance produced in the liver of all animals, and therefore, found only in foods of animal origin
Vitamins Compounds that have r regulate many vital body processes including digestion , absorption and metabolism of other nutrients
Minerals Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but that act as catalyst, vegulating many vital processes
Recommend dietary allowance (RDA) The amounts of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies and excesses in most healthy people
Food addictives Substances added to food intentionally to produce desired affect
Enriched food A food and which nutrients that were lost in processing have been added back
Fortification The addition of nutrients that are not naturally present
Unit pricing A strategy for recognizing the relative cost of a product based on the cost of a standard unit, such as an ounce or gram
Overweight Means way more than 10% of the standard weight for height
Obesity Excess body fat
Underweight Being 10% or more below normal weight
Undernutrition Not consuming enough essential nutrients or calories for a normal body functions
Nutrient-dense Foods in nutrients relative to the caloric content
Body mass index(BMI) Ratio of weight to height
Weight cycling The cycle of losing, regaining, and regaining
Anorexia nervosa Disorder In which the irrational fear of becoming obese results and severe weight loss from self induced starvation
Bulimia nervosa Disorder in which cycles of overreacting are followed by some form of purging or clearing out of the digestive track
Electrolytes Minerals become electricity charged when in a solution
Rehydration Restoring lost fat body fluids
Carbohydrate loading Storing extra glycogen in the muscle
Vegans Vegetarians who eat only foods of plant origin
Nutrient supplement Pills, powders, liquids, and other non-food form of nutrients
Megadose Large amounts of nutrients supplement
Foodborne illness Food poisoning
Contaminant Substance that spoils or infects food
Pasteurized Treated by process of heating to destroy or slow the growth of Pathogens
Perishable Liable to spoil
Cross contamination Spreading the bacteria from one food to another
Food allergy Bodies immune system overreacts to substances and some foods
Food intolerance Negative reaction to food or an ingredient in food that is not related to the bodies immune system or to food poisoning
Nutrients affect how you… Look, feel, act, grow, and even your abilities
Hunger is what kind Of need and appetite is what kind a need Hunger is a physical need, and appetite is a desire I need
Appetite is what rather than an inborn response Appetite is learned
What environmental factors influence your food Culture inheritance, your family, social relationships and media messages and your lifestyle and your ethnic background and your religious beliefs
What to top factors influence shopping decisions for food , And what are the other ones Taste and nutrition Cost, convenience, and food safety come next
Emotions or another factor for what Eating habits
What two groups are carbohydrates classified into Simple or complex
Simple carbohydrates They are sugar. Present naturally and fruit some vegetables and milk. The sugars are called fructose and fruit, lactose in milk, maltose and grain, and sucrose and table sugar
Complex carbohydrates They are starches. Found and great supply and rice and other grains, and legume and tuber. They are made of sugar is linked together. During digestion starches break down into sugars
Describe fiber Is a special form of complex carbohydrate. Digested and used as energy function.fiber moves through your digestive system. prevent intestinal problems.
Proteins are made of chains or building blocks called Amino acids
How many amino acid can your body make All but nine
What is complete protein Foods that contain all the essentials amino acids that the body needs
What is incomplete protein Foods that lacks some of the essential amino acids
Fats represent the most concentrated form what Energy
Saturated fats fatty acid is to be saturated with the fatty acid holds all the Hydrogen atoms it can
Unsaturated fats Unsaturated when it is missing one or more pairs of hydrogen Adams
Water soluble vitamins Dissolve in water and pass easily into the bloodstream in the process of digestion. Excess amounts excerpted in urine
Fat soluble vitamins They are elimited through urine, stored in the body fatty tissue. Can I have a toxic or damaging effect on the body
Iron is essential for what Hemoglobin and your blood, which carries oxygen throughout the body. it is important to have iron
The food guide pyramid categorizes foods in to how many food groups Five
You need to___the amount of energy in food with the amount of energy your body uses You need to balance
What's the percentage of the amount of fat of calories 34%
How to control fat you eat Cut off the fat you see on me, remove the skin from chicken and turkey, and cut down on fried foods
What is one of the bodies essential minerals Sodium.
What are three examples of a foundation of a helpful eating plan Variety, moderation, and balance
What's the most important meal of the day Breakfast
What does each label contain Serving size, servings per container, calories per serving and calories per serving from fat, grams of total fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, protein and milligrams of cholesterol and sodium per serving, percentage of the daily value
How do you labels put the ingredients and order By weight in descending order
What is the expiration date Last night you should use product
What is the freshness date Last day a food is thought to be fresh
What is the pack date The date on which the product was packaged
What is the sell date Pull day, Clenotes the last day the product should be sold you can store a product past its sell date
Describe calories More correctly kilocalories, or simply unit to measure energy. Measure of energy in food and the energy of body burns calories are not nutrients
What do the specific number of calories depend on
The number of carbohydrates, fat and protein
One carbohydrate and one protein equals how many calories 4 cal per gram
One fat equals how many calories 9 cal per gram
Calories consumed must equal Calories burned
Why do people gain too much weight? Sedentary lifestyle and poor food habits
What is a set theory Each person has a biological setpoint for weight and body fat
Underweight people maybe what to Under nourished
What is a more accurate way to determine a healthy weight Measuring a persons body composition
List some points for weight control plan Target your way, set smart goals, make a plan, put your goal and writing, stick to your plan, think positively, evaluate your progress, but avoid weighing yourself every day, recognize that plateaus are normal
Smart weight-loss strategies Eat fewer calories, burn more calories through exercise, better yet do both, eat mainly low-calorie food but from the five food groups, eat foods you like, make meals last, choose low calorie snacks
What is a fad diet Approaches to weight control that are popular for short time come and go but rarely have any lasting effect
And the weight cycling process losing weight becomes what Harder and harder
Some risky weight-loss strategies include Fasting, liquid protein diets and diet pills
Bulimia can lead to Tooth problems and stomach and esophagus problems
What are nutrient dense foods Foods are the best sources of Energy and nutrients together
Before playing something physical what should you eat A meal high in carbohydrates and low in fat and protein
Those who avoid eating meat, fish, and poultry but eat dairy foods and eggs are called Lacto-ovo vegetarians
Animal products are the only food sources of vitamin B12
Pregnant woman have increase_____needs because they supply nutrients for the developing fetus as well as their own additional needs Nutritional needs and they needs for iron calcium and folic acid
What are the two main ways that food can become containment Animals raised or caught for food may harbor disease organisms in their tissues and food may be contaminated with bacteria spread from an infected person or animal
Foodborne illness related to food spoilage are commonly caused by Bacteria
What are some side effects of foodborne illness Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and body aches l
Bacteria to your area needs three conditions for growth which are Nutrients, moisture, and warmth
What are six critical control points that can limit foodborne illness But food with undamaged packaging, refrigerated foods that are perishable, refrigerator freeze meat, pre-preparation, always cook food throughly, keep cold foods cold and hot foods hot , handle leftovers correctly
Many people experience of abnormal reactions to Food substance or food Additive
And allergy is the body's reaction to and how does the immune system respond A irritating substance or toxin their immune system and sponsor them as pathogens or foreign nvaders
Food intolerance can ask you because by what Inborn or acquired defect
What is the inability to digest the lactose milk called Lactose tolerance
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