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What is fat?
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having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person
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What is fiber?
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a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos
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What are minerals?
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any of the inorganic elements, as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, or sodium, that are essential to the functioning of the human body and are obtained from foods.
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What is Protein?
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the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body.
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What are starches?
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a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5 ) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
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What are vitamins?
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any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders
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What is sugar?
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a sweet, crystalline substance, (C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1) , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar
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Teaspoons
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tsp./ t.
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Tablespoons
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Tbs./ T
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Cup
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C.
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Pint
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Pt.
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Quart
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Qt.
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Gallon
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gal.
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Ounce
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oz.
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Fluid Ounces
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fl. oz.
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Pound
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lb.
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Milliliter
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mL.
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Liter
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L.
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Gram
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g.
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Kilogram
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Kg.
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