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23 Cards in this Set
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What is diet?
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A behavior. A pattern of individual food intake and eating patterns.
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Can you buy chemical free foods?
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No. Foods are chemical compounds.
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How many different types of foods are required for a healthy weekly diet?
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20-30
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What is Nutrition?
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It is a science of dietary quality and the physiological and biological activity necessary for growth and life.
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What defines health?
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Dietary quality.
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What is oganoleptic appeal?
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It is how a food looks, smells, tastes, feels etc.
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What are nutrients?
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A chemical substance present in food that is needed by the body in the proper ratio for growth, maintenance, repair of damaged tissues.
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What is the best example of a non-nutrient?
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Antioxidants like the bioflavinoids.
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What is dietary quality?
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Agricultural or industrial source of food, nutrient content, organoleptic appeal, variety, and adequacy.
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How many nutrients are essential?
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Approximately 45
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Which of the 6 classifications of nutrients is least essential?
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Carbohydrate because they can be synthesized from other nutrients.
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What is the largest source of protein?
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Muscles
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What element is unique to amino acids?
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Nitrogen (necessary for DNA and RNA)
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What are the 1st and 2nd largest energy stores in the body?
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1-adipose, 2-protein
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What are the essential amino acids?
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HILL MVP TT Histidin, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan, and Threonine.
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Which vitamins are water soluble?
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B(8) and C
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Which vitamins are Fat Soluble?
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ADEK
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What are the functions of water?
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It is a necessary nutrient for life. Acts as a solvent, transport, Body form and structure, Temperature regulation, and body lubrication
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How is the Essential nutrient requirement concept of conditional essentiality explained/calculated?
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We measure how much of a substance that a cell needs and then we find out how much of that substance is absorbed and how much is lost to calculate the amount we need to consume to satisfy our cellular need.
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Do we use all of the daily required essential nutrients?
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No, our body only uses a certain portion and the rest is unused.
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What are dietary reference intakes (DRI’s)?
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Also called RDA--the recommended amounts of essential nutrients to maintain health in healthy individuals.
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What foods do the US Dietary guidelines say to reduce?
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Sodium, Saturated fats, Cholesterol, Trans fats, Solid Fats, Refined Sugars, Refined grain foods, and Alcohol
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Which foods do the US Dietary guidelines say to increase?
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Fruits and Veggies especially dark in color, Whole grains, fat-free or lowfat milk products, protein foods like meats, seafood and eggs, Use oils instead of solid fats, K, fiber, Ca, Vit D.
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