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What element makes Carbohydrates organic?
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Nitrogen
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4 characteristics of a healthy diet?
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Adequate, Moderate, Balanced, Variety
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Lipids
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organic compounds that are fatty acids
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Source of vitamin A
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meat, milk, animal products
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What describes Vitamin A,K D,E
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stored in the liver/fat soluble vitamins
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What prompts a person to eat?
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Hypothalamus
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The passing through of nutrients are called?
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absorption
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What helps the body in chemical reactions?
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Enzyme
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What organ makes digestive enzymes?
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pancreas
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What organ has the purpose to absorb water?
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large intestine
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What two elements maintain blood sugar level?
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insulin/glycogon
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Chyme
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semifluid mass of partly digested food
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Simplest unit of carbohydrates
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monosaccharide
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Glucose
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major monosaccharide found in the body
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What is a example of disaccharide?
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sucrose, lactose and maltose
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fructose and glucose
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Sucrose
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galactose and glucose-also called milk
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lactose
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glucose and fructose
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maltose
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what is produced in absence of carbohydrates?
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Ketones
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when a persons body doesn't produce insulin?
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type 1 Diabetes
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When the body doesn't produce enough insulin?
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Type 2 diabetes
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What contributes most abundant sugar to the diet?
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Soda
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branched glucose in the muscle
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glycogen
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lactase
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a person consuming dairy products may experience the symptoms of lactose intolerance of
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A form of lipid
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triglycerides
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amino acids
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biologically important organic compounds
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best source of omega 3 fatty acids
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Fish
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what disease is associated with trans fatty acids?
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Heart Disease
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What transports fat in the body?
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lipoprotein
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Where is bile stored and released?
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Gallabladder
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What dietary fat increase blood cholesterol levels?
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Saturated
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True or False:
Does the body Synthesis cholesterol? |
True
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True or False:
peanut butter is high cholesterol? |
False
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Protein digestion starts in the?
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Stomach
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What is a complementary protein?
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protein that is incomplete on its own but may become complete when combined with other proteins to provide all of the amino acids
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vegetarian that consumes dairy and eggs in their diet
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lacto-ovo vegetarian
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Most needed supplement needed by Vegans?
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B12
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What is considered a energy dense?
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FAT(lipids)
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Hyponaturia
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Water in the blood
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antioxidants
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protect body cells from the damaging effects of oxidation-vitamin E, vitamin C, or beta-carotene
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What disease is caused by radicals?
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Cardiovascular, diabetes and cancer
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Sources of vitamin E
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veggie oil and nuts
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if you malabsorb fats what vitamins do you lack?
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A,D,E,K
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What do you drink to absorb more iron?
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Drink orange juice
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What foods can you find vitamin c besides strawberries?
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Green peppers
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The most abundant mineral in the body?
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CALCIUM
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Disease associated with Lack of vitamin D absorption in a child?
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Rickets
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Why are K injections giving to infants?
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for the help of Small intestine
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Most abundant minerals in bone?
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calcium/phosphate
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What element is found in veggies
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magnesium
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what does chromium assist?
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glucose
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where can you find thymine in your diet?
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whole grains
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B12 is important for function of
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nerve cells
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Iodine is produce controlled by?
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Thyroid glands
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set point theory
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where the body's weight stays stagnant
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Live microorganism found in food
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pro-biotics
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2 essential fatty acids
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alphalenic/ linolinepic
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Vitamin E, C, beta-carotene are considered?
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antioxidants
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What vitamin is toxic in large amounts?
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vitamin A
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What phytochemical is found tomatoes and tomatoe products?
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lycopene
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a box of cookies has 500kcal per serving and 20grams of fat, what is the percentage of fat?
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36%
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Jack had 50 grams of fat, 400 grams of carbohydrate and 15 grams of protein at lunch.
How many kcals did he consume? |
2110 kcals
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3. Sophie’s dinner has 210 grams of CHO, 60 grams of protein, and 52 grams of fat. What percent of kcals in this meal comes from CHO?
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54%
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building blocks of protiens are?
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amino acids
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True or False
primary fuel for the brain is protien? |
FALSE
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Vitamins are classified into what two groups?
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water/fat solube
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what is the most common nutrient deficiency?
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iron
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what is the most common syptoms of mega dosaes of vitamin C
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nausea and diarrhea
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