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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nutrient | Chemical substance that helps maintain the body |
| Nutrition | Study of how your body uses nutrients in the food you eat |
| Malnutrition | Simplest form of lacking the right proportions of nutrients over a period of time |
| Deficiency Disease | Illness caused by lack of a good amount of nutrients |
| Dietary Supplements | Purified manufactured or extracted from natural resources |
| Fortified Foods | Foods with greater amounts of nutrients |
| Glucose | Form of sugar used for energy |
| Fiber | Complex carbohydrates from plants that humans cannot digest |
| Fats | Important energy source |
| Fatty Acids | Chemical chains that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
| Hydrogenation | Adds hydrogen to unsaturated Fatty Acids in liquid oils |
| Trans Fatty Acids | Fatty Acids with odd molecular shapes |
| Protein | Chemical compounds that are found in every body cell |
| Amino Acids | Small units that Scientist have found in the body |
| Vitamins | Complex organic substances |
| Fat-soluble vitamins | Dissolves into fats |
| Water-soluble vitamins | Dissolves into water |
| Night Blindness | Reduced ability to see in dim light |
| Rickets | Vitamin D deficiency, Can cause crooked legs and misshapen breast bones |
| Antioxidents | Substance in food that reduces harmful effects of oxygen om normal body functions |
| Scurvy | Disease that can cause weakness, bleeding gums, tooth lose, and internal bleeding |
| BeriBeri | Numbness in the feet and ankles followed by cramping pain in legs |
| Pellegra | Skin lesions and digestive problems are the first symptoms |
| Minerals | Inorganic substances that make up the other 4% |
| Macrominerals | Minerals needed in the diet |
| Trace Elements | Minerals needed in amounts less than 100 |
| Osteoporosis | Bones became weakened by their calcium supply becoming more brittle and parous |
| Hypertension | High blood pressure |
| Goiter | Insufficient iodine prenatal period |
| Digestion | The breaking down off food into simpler compounds used by the body |
| Absorption | Process of taking in nutrients and making them part of the body |
| Peristalis | waves of contractions used to digest food |
| Saliva | Mucus and enzyme liquid secreted from mouth |
| Metabolism | Chemical process after the body absorbs nutrients |
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