Question | Answer |
What diseases can be controlled by diet? | Type II diabetes and heart disease |
What are the critical components of wellness? | Nutrition and physical activity |
Nutrition encompasses what aspects? | Consumption, digestion, absorption, Metabolism, storage and excretion |
Nutrition studies what aspects of FOODS? | Psychological, Food safety, Global food supply, and cultural |
Diseases that nutrition play a role are | Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and some forms of cancer |
Nutrients are | chemical in food that are critical to human growth and function |
What are the 6 groups of nutrients? | Carbs, Fats and Oils, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals and Water |
Which nutrients provide energy? | Carbohydrates, Proteins and fat and oils |
Micronutreints | vitamins and minerals |
Vitamins are made up of | Fat soluble and Water soluble |
Fat soluble vitamins | -A,D,E and K
-Dissolve easily in fats and oils
-can be stored in the body
-too much=toxicity |
Water soluble vitamins | -Vitamin C and B
-remain dissolved water
-can not be stored in the body
-eliminated by kidneys |
What are minerals? | inorganic substance required for body process |
What do minerals include? | Sodium, Calcium, Iron, Potassium, and Magnesium |
What are the minerals functions? | -fluid regulations
-bone structure
-muscle movement
-nerve functioning |
What are the MAJOR minerals we need each day? | -calcium, potassium
-Phosphorus, sodium
-Magnesium, chloride |
What are the TRACE minerals(require less) we need each day | -Iron
-Zinc
-Copper
-Fluoride |
Micronutrients | Minerals and water |
Macronutrients | Energy nutrients |
Organic foods | foods that are grown with out pesticides |
a healthful diet | adequate, moderate,balanced,varied |
Adequate diet | provides enough energy, vitamins and minerals and fiber to to support person health |
balanced diet | contains right combinations of food to provide a proper balance of nutrients |
variety | eating many types of foods each day |
the TOOLS for designing a healthful diet may include | Food labels, dietary guidelines for americans, Myplate.gov, eating plans |
List of Nutrients | Fat, Cholesterol,sodium, carbs,protein, and some vitamins and minerals |
Percent Daily Value | 1)describes how much a serving of food contributes to your total intake of a nutrient
2)Based on a diet of 2000 calories
3)Can be used to determined if a product is low or high in a particular nutrient |
RDI | Recommended Dietary Allowance |
DRV | Daily Reference Value |
Protein | contains nitrogen |
vitiamins are classified as | fat and water soluble |
Fat | engergy densed |
minerals | ionorganic nutrients that are not broken down by the body or destroyed by heat or light |
carbohydrates | primary source of fuel for the brain |
nutrients | divided into 6 groups |
first step in scientific method | oberservation of a phenomenon |
overconsumption of this has greatest potential of toxicity | vitamin D |
water | NOT organic |
case control study | study that compares a group of individuals with a disease to another similar but healthy group |
(CDC) Center of diease contol and prevention | federal agency that protects human health and safety |
Amino Acids | building block for proteins |
Calcium(Mineral) | Inorganic nutrient |
Vitamins A,D,E and K can potentially | be toxic |
experimental group | a group given a specific treatment or intervention during an experiment |
Excess sodium in diet can cause | hypertension |
diets in low sodium and hidnh in potassium can REDUCE risck of | hypertension |
Government agency that regulates food labeling | FDA- US food and drug administration |
Required on food label | Net contents, statement of identity, name and address of vendor |
Healthy fats | nuts and vegetable oil |
Four characteristics of a healthful diet | adequacy, balance, moderation and variety |
Cholecystokinin(CCK)signals the gallbladder to release this substance | bile |
Our genetic information, in the form of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is located here | nucleus |
GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease |