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The Nutrients

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compounds in food that the body requires for proper growth, maintenace, and funstioning.   Nutrients  
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too little of one or more nutrients in the diet; a form of malnutrition.   Nutrient Deficiencies  
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the results in the body of poor nutrition; undernutrition, ovenutrition or any nutrient deficiency.   Malnutrition  
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too little food energy or too few nutrients to prevent disease or to promote growth; a form of malnutrition   Undernutrition  
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too much food energy or excess nutrients to the degree of causing disease or increasing risk of disease; a form of malnutrition   Overnutrition  
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Two Servings   Milk, yogurt and cheese group. Meat, fish, dry beans and nuts group. Fruit Group.  
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Three Servings From:   Vegetable group  
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Six Servings From:   bread, cereal, rice, and pasta group.  
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a class of nutrients made of sugars; these nutrients include sugar, starch and fiber. All but fiber provide energy.   Carbohydrates  
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a class of nutrients that does not mix with water. Fat is mostly of fatty acids. which provide energy to the body.   Fat  
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a class of nutrients that builds body tissues and supplies energy. Protein is made of amino acids.   Protein  
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essential nutrients that do not yield energy, but that are required for growth and proper functioning of the body.   Vitamins  
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elements of the earth needed in the diet, which preform many functions in the body tissues.   Minerals  
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the capatirty to do work or produce heat.   Energy  
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the body's blood sugar; a simple form of carbohydrate.   Glucose  
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simple forms of fat that supply energy fuel for most of the body's cells.   fatty acids  
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simple forms of protein normally used to build tissues or, under some conditions, burned for energy   amino acids  
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a poison   toxin  
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units used to measure energy. Calories indicate how much energy in a food can be used by the body or stored in body fat   Calories  
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the form in which the liver and muscles store glucose   glycogen  
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a brain regulatory center.   hypothalamus  
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a meal with foods to provide the right amount of carbohydrates, fat and protein   balanced meal.  
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the breaking down of food into nutrients the body can use.   digestion  
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a carboydrate, the main food energy source of humans   starch  
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indigestable substances in foods, made mostly of carbohydrates.   fiber  
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carbohydrates found both in food and in the body.   sugars  
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hard, slow stools that are difficult to eliminatel often a result of too little fiber in the diet.   constipation  
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swollen, painful rectal veins; often a result of constipation   hemorrhoids  
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the last part of the digestive tract, throught which stools are eliminated   rectum  
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a popular term referring to foods that contribute too much energy (calories) but too little of the nutrients   empty calories  
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concerning fats and helath, those fats associate strongly with heart and artery disease; mainly fats from animal sources   saturated  
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concerning fats and health, fats less associated with heart amnd arety disease, mainly fats from plant sources   unsaturated  
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a type of unsaturated fat, useful as a replacement for saturated fat in a heart-healthy diet.   polyunsaturated  
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a type of fat made by the body from saturated fat; minor part of fat in foods   cholesterol  
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units of weight in which nutrients are measured   grams  
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amino acids that are needed but cannot be made by the body, must be eaten in foods   essential amino acids  
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people who omit meat, fish, poultry for their diets   vegetarians  
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a pill, powder, liquid or the like containing oly nutrients not food   suppplement  
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too little of a nutrient in the body, Severe deficiences cause diseases   deficiency  
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a chemist's team meaning "able to dissolve in fat"   fat-soluble  
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able to dissolve in water   water-soluble  
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slow recovery of vision after flashes of bright light at night. Vitamin A deficiency.   night blindness  
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a chemical that can stop the destructive chain reactions of free radicals.   Antioxidant  
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an orange vegetable pigment that the body can change into active form of vitamin A.   beta-carotene  
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chemicals that harm the body's tissues by starting destructive chain reactions in the molecules of the body's cells.   free radicals  
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a disease of gradual bone loss. which can cripple people later in life.   Osteoporosis  
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reduced number or size of the red blood clls   anemia  
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minerals essential in nutrition, needed in small amounts daily. Iron and Zinc are examples   electrolytes  
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a compound made of minerals that in water dissolve and form electrolytes   salt  
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high blood pressure   hypertension  
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fluid wastes removed from the body by the kidneys   urine  
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