Download Nutrition Study Guide Terms: 1) Appetite: the body`s desire, rather

Nutrition Study Guide
Terms:
1) Appetite: the body’s desire, rather than the need, to eat.
2) Hunger: a natural drive that protects you from starvation.
3) List 5 environmental factors that cause us to eat: Culture, family, social relationships, media messages, lifestyle
4) How can you manage your eating habits?:
1) Avoid being influenced by others in making your food choices. Keep health in mind.
2) Pay attention to quantity.
3) Make something other than food the focus of everyday social occasions.
5) Def Overweight:
1. above a weight considered normal or desirable.
6) Unhealthy eating causes how many diseases?:
●Unhealthy eating has been connected to 6 out of the 10 leading causes of death in the US.
7) Def Carbohydrates give three examples:
●Made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen
●They are starches and sugars found in foods.
●The body’s preferred source of energy, providing 4 calories per gram.
●Simple and complex
Ex: ( in fruits, some vegetables, and milk)
8) Def Protein and give three examples:
●Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues
●Muscle , bones, connective tissue, blood, and vital organs all contain protein.
●Amino Acids – the building blocks of protein
●Substances that make up body proteins.
●Body can make all but 9 of the amino acids called essential amino acids. Come from food.
Ex: ( fish, meat, and poultry,)
9) Def Fiber and give three examples:
●A special form of complex carbohydrates
●Found in the tough ,stringy parts of vegetables
●Helps in digestion
●Helps reduce the risk of heart diseases
Ex: ( Nuts,vegetables, and some fruits)
10) Give example of simple carbs:
fruits, some vegetables, and milk. Also added to many candies.
11) Give an example of complex carbs:
rice and other seed grains.
12) What is the role of Carbs?:
●He body uses carbs to convert them into glucose.
●Glucose is the body’s chief fuel source.
●Glucose that is not used is stored as Glycogen in the liver or muscles until the body needs it. The Glycogen is then
broken back down into glucose.
●Glucose that is not needed is turn into adipose tissue
13) How is Glucose and Glycogen used in the body?:
●Glucose that is not used is stored as Glycogen in the liver or muscles until the body needs it. The Glycogen is then
broken back down into glucose.
14) What is the role of proteins in the body?:
-Build new tissue throughout life
●Regulate body processes
15) What are proteins broken down into?:
Amino Acids
16) Def Amino Acids and what is their role?: the building blocks of protein
:make up body proteins.
17) Def Vitamins – Compounds that help regulate many vital body processes including the digestion, absorption,
and metabolism of other nutrients.
18) Def minerals – Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but that act as a catalyst, regulating
many vital body processes.
19) Def Cholesterol –A fat like substance produced in the liver of animals
20) Def fat and it role in the body:
●Represent the most concentrated form of energy available, gram for gram they deliver twice the amount of
energy as carbohydrates
: ●They carry vitamin A,D,E and K into your blood and serve as sources of linoleic acid.
21) Def Saturated fat - give example
:●Fatty acids that hold all the hydrogen atoms it can.
: animal fat, tropical oils (Palm oil), Coconut oil, fat in beef , egg yolk, pork
22) Def unsaturated fat – give example
Name the 2 types of cholesterol.
:●Fatty acid that is missing one or more pairs of hydrogen atoms.
: vegetable fat, olive oil, corn oil,so
:HDL LDL
Know which is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol.
Good: HDL
Bad: LDL
What is VLDL?
: Very Low Density Lipoproteins
What 2 sources does cholesterol come from?:
●In meats
●Body
Can someone have bad cholesterol just from eating alone? If not, explain your answer.
: No, your body makes cholesterol
What types of fats increase your cholesterol?: Unsaturated, and Trans Fats
What diseases can you develop from high cholesterol?:
●Associate with increased risk with heart disease and circulatory disease.
How many Americans have cholesterol levels of 200 mg or higher making them have higher risks for coronary
difficulties?: 105 Million
What foods can a person eat to help lower their cholesterol?
: Foods high in fiber
How many cups of H20 should you drink a day?: 8
How many cups of H20 does your body use in a day?:
Body uses about 10 cups
Know Expiration date- the date when something (such as milk or medicine) can no longer be sold because it may
no longer be good or effective.
Freshness date- the last date, usually specified on the label or packaging, that a food, as bread, is considered fresh,
although it may be sold, ordinarily at reduced prices, or eaten after that date.
Packaging date-Date on which a product is placed in the container or package in which it will be sold to the
customers.
Sell date- date marked on a product, such as food or medicine, after which it should not be sold.