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39 Cards in this Set
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Reduced Calorie |
25% fewer calories than original |
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Low Fat |
3 grams of fat or less |
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Body Composition |
the tissue that makes up your body, references lean tissue to fat tissue |
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BMI |
Height to weight comparison - Body Mass Index |
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Caloric Deficiency for 1 Pound |
3,500 calories per pound |
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sedentary |
Sitting - Couch potato |
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low sodium |
140 mg of sodium or less |
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stimulants |
appetite suppressant, caffeine, nicotine |
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Anorexia |
Eating disorder, obsesses over weight, eats too little |
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bulimia |
Eat and discard - use of laxatives or self-induced vomiting |
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Gastric Bypass |
surgery to help lose weight to make stomach smaller |
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Healthy Weight Loss Per Week |
1-2 per week |
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Daily Value |
Recommended of daily amounts of nutrients |
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RDA’s |
Recommended Dietary Allowance |
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Additives |
Added to foods to increase shelf life, add flavor |
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Grains (recommended amount) |
3-4 ounces (1 slice of bread is 1 ounce) |
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Protein Foods (recommended amount) |
5 - 6 ½ ouncesChoose lean |
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Vegetables (recommended amount) |
2-3 cups,fresh, frozen, or canned |
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Fruits (recommended amount) |
1 ½- 2 cups per daywatch for added sugars |
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Milk Group (recommended amount) |
Dairy - 3 cups per day |
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Oils (recommended amount) |
5-6 teaspoons |
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Macronutrients |
Provide energy - Carbohydrates, fats, proteins |
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Micronutrients |
element required for growth and health - vitamins, minerals, water |
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Cholesterol |
causes excess plaque build up in the arteries.There is good and bad forms of cholesterol |
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Proteins |
Choose lean - Complete and Incomplete (9 essential amino acids) |
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Fats |
comes from animals |
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Unsaturated |
liquid at room temperature - an example - oils |
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Saturated |
solid at room temperature - comes from meat and milk animals |
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Carbohydrates |
types of sugars |
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Simple |
broken down quickly by body, used as energy, empty |
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Complex |
nutritionally dense, long sustainable source of energy |
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Fiber |
cannot digest, helps digestive system, prevents heart disease, certain types of cancer |
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Nutrition |
Study of food and how your body uses it |
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Nutrients |
substances that provide energy and necessary for lifeProteinsCarbsFatsVitaminsMineralWater |
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Fad Diet |
Diet that promises fast results, generally questionable results |
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Obesity |
A BMI of 30 or above |
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Metabolism |
breaking food into energy |
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Calories |
a unit of measure for energy that is released when nutrients are burned |
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Amino Acids |
building blocks of proteins |
