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MicroNutrients!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amino acid | A small molecule that builds blocks of protein |
| B-Vitamins | Water-soluble vitamin that plays important roles in cell metabolism and synthesis of red blood cells. |
| Calcium | Minerals that is found in food, specifically dairy. |
| Calories | Unit of energy |
| Carbohydrates | Starches and sugars with chemical compounds such as carbon, hydrogen and oxygen |
| Chlorine | A toxic, corrosive, greenish yellow chemical gas |
| Cholesterol | waxy, fat-like substance that's found in your body |
| Complementing proteins | 2 or more incomplete proteins formed together |
| Complete proteins | Protein that contains all essential amino acids |
| Complex carbohydrates | Sugar molecules that turn glucose into energy |
| Diet | The kinds of food that a person, animal or community eats |
| Dietary fibre | Plant foods that your body can't absorb |
| Disaccharide | molecules that contain two monosaccharide |
| Fat-soluble vitamins | Absorbed by fats and stored in fatty tissue and in the liver |
| Fats | Animal or plant tissue containing much greasy and oily materials |
| Fluoride | Natural occurring mineral used in dental products |
| Folate | Helps make red blood cells |
| Glycogen | Multibranched polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage |
| Incomplete proteins | Does not contain all nine essential amino acids |
| Iodine | A solution of iodine in alcohol, used as a mild antiseptic |
| Iron | Ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element |
| Macronutrients | Nutrients that provide us energy |
| Macrominerals | Group made up of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur |
| Magnesium | Helps heartbeat steady and helps bones remain strong |
| Micronutrients | Chemical substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms |
| Minerals | Naturally occurring inorganic solid with chemical composition |
| Monosaccharide | A sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis |
| Monounsaturated fats | Helps lower your "bad" LDL cholesterol |
| Niacin | Helps enzymes work properly and helps skin, nerves and the digestive tract stay healthy |
| Nutrients | Chemical compounds in food that are used by the body to function properly |
| Nutrition | How food affects the health of the body |
| Phosphorus | Waxy solid that glows in the dark |
| Phytochemical | Compounds that are produced by plants |
| Polysaccharide | Carbohydrate that can be decomposed by hydrolysis into two or more molecules of monosaccharides |
| Polyunsaturated fats | Simple fat molecules that have more than one unsaturated carbon bonds in the molecule |
| Potassium | Silver=white metal found on the periodic chart |
| Protein | Substance that has amino acids, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur |
| Riboflavin | Helps convert carbohydrates into adenosine triphosphate |
| Saturated fats | Fat in which fatty acid chains have all single bonds |
| Selenium | A photosensitive element that occurs in both crystalline and amorphous forms |
| Simple carbohydrates | Starch that is broken down quickly by the body to be used as energy |
| Sodium | Silver-white soft waxy ductile element of the alkali metal group |
| Starches | Soft, white, tasteless powder that is insoluble in cold water |
| Sugars | Carbs with one or two sugar molecules |
| Supplements | Something that completes or makes an addition |
| Thiamin | Vitamin found in food and manufactured as a dietary supplement |
| Trace minerals | Mineral present in living tissues in small amounts |
| Trans fat | Manufactured fats created during hydrogenation processing |
| Unsaturated fats | Fatty acid in which hydrocarbon molecules have two carbons that share bonds |
| Vitamin A | Nutrients that the body needs in small amounts to functions and stay healthy |
| Vitamin B12 | Helps keep your body nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make DNA |
| Vitamin B5 | Helps produce energy by breaking down fats and carbohydrates |
| Vitamins B6 | Water-soluble vitamin that your body needs for several functions |
| Vitamins B7 | Creating important enzymes |
| Vitamin C | Wound healing |
| Vitamin E | Ingredients for moisturizing |
| Vitamin K | Produces blood clotting and bone metabolism |
| Vitamins | Substances that our body needs to develop and function normally |
| Water | The basis of fluid elements of living organisms |
| Water-soluble Vitamins | Vitamins that can dissolve in water |
| Zinc | White metal used to make alloys |
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