nutrition vocabulary
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nutrition | includes all body process relatingt to food. these include digestion, absorption, metabolism, circulation and elimination
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nutritional status | to the state or condition of ones nutrition
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wellness | a state of good health with optimal body function
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hypertension | high blood pressure may be caused bu on excess amount of fat or salt
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atherosclerosis | condition in which arteries are narrowed by the accumulation of fatty substances on their inner surfaces
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osteoporosis | condition in which bones becomje porous and break easily
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malnutrition | the state of poor nutrition
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essential nutrition | are composed of chemical elements found in food
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carbohydrate | are the major source of readily usable human energy
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cellulose | is the fibrous indegestible form of plant carbohydrate
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lipids | organic compunds oil and fats
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fats | also known as lipids
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cholesterol | is a sterol lipid found in body cells and animal products
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proteins | are the basic components of all body cells
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vitamins | organic compunds that are essential tob life.
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antioxidants | help protect the body from harmful chemicals called free radicals
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minerals | are inorganic elements found in all body tissue
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digestion | is the process by which the body brwaks down food into smaller parts changes the food chemically and moves food through the digestive system
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peristalsis | a rhythmic, wavelike motion of the muscles
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metabolism | is the process in which nutrients are used by the cells for building tissue, providing energy and regulating various body functions
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absorption | is the process in which blood or lymph capillaries pick up the digested nutrients
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BMR | the rate at which the body uses enregy just for maintaining its own tissue
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kilocalories | calorie
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therapeutic diets | modifications of the normal diet and are used to improve specific health condition
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anorexia | loss of apetite
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regular diet | balanced diet usually used for the ambulatory patient
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