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nutrition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 fat-soluble vitamins | a, d, e, k |
| 3 water-soluble vitamins | b-complex, c, folic acid |
| vitamin a helps? | eye site |
| vitamin d helps? | the absorbtion of calcium and phosphorus |
| what is osteoporosis | brittle bone disease |
| what are rickets? | when dones do grow fully |
| vitamin e helps? | to promote health and is a prowerful antioxidant |
| vitamin k helps? | make protien and helps blood clot |
| vitamin B helps? | make carbs, protiens,and fats into energy |
| folic acid helps? | nueral tube development and maintains cells genetic code |
| foods high in folic acid? | oranges liver and avocados |
| foods high in vitamin k? | spinach, cabbage, green vegtables |
| what is scurvy? | a disease with bleeding gums,joint pain,and muscele bruising |
| cigarette smokes need how much more vitamin c? | twice as much |
| food high in vitamin c? | citrus fruita, berries, melons |
| rank of low GI? | 60 |
| Medium rank of GI? | 70 |
| rank of high GI? | 80 |
| what is cholesterol? | a waxy fatlike substance found in tissue and blood |
| what is good cholesterol? | HDL |
| what is bad cholesterol? | LDL |
| whay do we need cholesterol? | to maintain healthy cell function, to insulate nerves,creates cell membrains, and a component of bile |
| 3 ways we raise good cholesterol? | not smoing, lode weight, and exersise |
| what is atherosclerosis? | formation of plaque that can clog major arteries |
| what food does cholesterol come from? | egg yolks, meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products |
| what is nutrition? | what we eat that keeps us alive |
| how many carbs do we need a day? | 55-60% of daily calories |
| what are carbs made up of | carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen |
| 2 types of carbs | simple and complex |
| what is gluecose | the final product if carb metabolism |
| what is glycogen? | the end product of gluecose |
| complex carbs | must be broken down into simple sugars. good for alot of energy |
| fiber is... | a complex carb |
| fiber... | does not digest, does not provide energy, helps move waste, helps prevent constipation,prevents boul/colon cancer. |
| how much firber you need a day | 20 -30 grams |
| fiber food sources: | fruits, veggies, edibal skins, whole grain products, and nuts |
| 2 types of fiber | insoluble and soluble |
| insoluble fibers.. | digested by the body and absorbs water as it passes through |
| insoluble fiber food... | whole grains, beans, skins of fruit, potato skins, and green veggies |
| soluble fibers... | as it travels through the digestive track it turns into a gel-like substance. paces the absorbtion of carbs and decreases your bad chloesterol |
| soluble fiber food sources.. | oatmeal, beans, and different types of fruit and veggies |
| what is GI? | a scale that measures the extent to which a food affects blood gluecose levels |
| high GiI foods.. | rase blod glucose levels quickly |
| low GI foods.. | have a small rise in blood sugar and helps reduse fat storage and decrease you chance for type 2 diabetes and increase good chloesteral |
| how many protiens do you need a day? | 45-60 grams |
| protiens... | build ad maintain body cells and tissues, known as building blocks of cells, made of amino acid chains |
| how many essential amino acids do yuo need to take in thourgh diet | 9 |
| complete protien.. | has all 9 essential amino acids |
| incomplete protiens... | lacks 1-2 essential amino acids |
| complete protien food sources | eggs meat poultry fish dairy soy |
| incomplete protien food sources | beans peas rice nuts whole grains |
| role of protiens.. | builds new cells and tissues, makes hormones, emzyms,and antibodies, and provides energy if carbs and fats arent availible |
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