Download STUDY GUIDE- FIRST EXAM: KEY WORDS/CONCEPTS

STUDY GUIDE- FIRST EXAM: KEY WORDS/CONCEPTS
NUTRITION & DISEASE
Macronutrients vs. micronutrients; chronic diseases; Dietary Guidelines
for Americans: recommended things to increase vs. limit; common
foods in the Mediterranean diet- plant based; lower risk cancer, heart
disease, Alzheimer’s disease; monounsaturated fat (olive oil); oxidation;
antioxidant vitamins: vitamin C, E; 5 major food groups; fats to limit
in your diet; fats OK to eat in moderation; food safety precautions; fast
food restaurants- healthy choices; trans fats; calories/gram:
carbohydrates, fats, proteins; metabolism; functions of nutrients in the
body; main function of carbohydrate; major sugar used by brain; foods
that help with lactose intolerance; benefits of sugar substitutes; complex
carbohydrates in animals vs. plants; function of soluble vs. insoluble
fiber; benefits of fiber in your diet; transit time and fiber; foods to
overcome constipation; fiber and colon cancer; colon cancer screening
procedure; fats: water vs. organic solvents; liquid fats; solid (saturated)
fats; fatty acids with 2 or more double bonds (and examples of foods
containing them); fatty acids found in fish; essential fatty acids; fat
stored in adipose tissue; example of monounsaturated fat; cholesterol in
animal foods; example of cholesterol rich food; phospholipid (lecithin)
as an emulsifier; partially hydrogenated: trans fat; examples of food
containing trans fat; lipoproteins produced in your intestine from
dietary fat: chylomicrons; LDL (bad cholesterol): good and bad role;
HDL (good cholesterol): good lipoprotein; functions of fat in your body;
essential amino acids; functions of protein in your body; cannibalizing
protein in low carbohydrate/fat diets; protein quality: animals vs.
plants; vegetarians and variety (mutual supplementation); fiber: animal
vs. plant foods; unsaturated fat: animal vs. plants foods; nitrogen
balance, positive nitrogen balance; negative nitrogen balance (and
examples); foods that cause allergies; functions of vitamins; water
soluble vitamins; fat soluble vitamins; functions of minerals in your
body; functions of water in your body; chemical formula for cell
respiration.