Definitions for nutrition terminology
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| The process of taking nutrients into the body and making them part of the body | show 🗑
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| show | Adequate Intakes
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| A chemical compound that serves as a building block of proteins | show 🗑
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| show | Anemia
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| show | Basal Metabolism
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| A disease of the nervous system resulting from a thiamin deficiency, which is characterized by numbness in the ankles and legs followed by severe cramping and paralysis | show 🗑
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| show | Body Composition
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| show | Body mass Index
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| The unit used to measure the energy value of foods | show 🗑
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| One of the 6 basic nutrients that is the body's chief source of energy | show 🗑
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| A fatlike substance that occurs naturally in the body and is found in every cell but occurs only in foods of animal origin | show 🗑
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| Proteins from animal origin that contain all 9 of the essential amino acids | show 🗑
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| A substance in foods that significantlly reduces the harmful effects of oxygen on normal body functions | show 🗑
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| show | Digestion
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| A vitamin that dissolves in fats and can be stored in the fatty tissues of the body | show 🗑
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| show | Fiber
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| show | Food allergy
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| A negative physical reaction to a food substance that does not involve the body's immune system | show 🗑
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| A food to which nutrients are added in amounts greater than what would naturally occur in the food | show 🗑
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| show | Glucose
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| A process by which hydrogen atoms are chemically added to unsaturated fatty acids in liquid oils to turn the oils into more highly saturated solid fats | show 🗑
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| High blood pressure | show 🗑
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| A lack of the right proportions of nutrients over an extended period,which can be caused by an inadequate diet or the body's inability to use the nutrients taken in | show 🗑
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| The chemical processed that place in the cells after the body absorbs nutrients | show 🗑
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| A disease resulting from a niacin deficiency, which is characterized by a raw and inflamed skin rash, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dementia, and paralysis | show 🗑
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| show | Peristalsis
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| A disease resulting from a vitaminC deficency, which is characterized by bleeding gums, loss of teeth, and internal bleeding | show 🗑
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