Nutrition
What are rich sources of Phyto- chemicals?
-Caffeine -Plant-based foods -Soybeans -Fruits and vegetables
Diet
A person's usual pattern of food choices are his or her
An estimated average requirement (EAR) is the __________
Amount of nutrient that should meet 50% of healthy people.
HDL
Bring fat from liver to all cells in body
Chylomicrons
Bring the fat from jejunum to liver
Macronutrients
Carbs fats and proteins that provide energy during the day
What are red flags?
Clues indicating unreliable information
Mouth
Controls the intake of food; teeth mechanically digest food like biting, tearing, and grinding them
Chyme moves from the stomach into the _________
Duodenum
Iron, calcium, and Carbon are
Elements/minerals
Factors that influence a persons food choice:
Environment, peers, religion, time, money, job, culture, social class
An _______ is a compound initiating or catalyzing chemical reactions.
Enzyme
Linoleic Acid
Essential fatty acids
VLDL
Fat from liver to all cells in body
LDL
Fats to other cells
Saturated
Fatty acid it that has each carbon atom within the chain filled with hydrogen atoms
Unsaturated
Fatty acid that's missing hydrogen atoms and has one or more double bonds within the carbon chain
What are the symptoms of type two diabetes?
Frequent urination, vision, erectile dysfunction, thirst, weight gain
The three most important dietary monosaccharides for humans are
Glucose, fructose, galactose
The tolerable upper limit for a nutrient is the?
Highest average amount unlikely to harm most people, when consumed daily.
Where is glycogen stored?
In liver and muscles
Metabolism
Is the total of all chemical activities that occur in cells
The _______ is the second segment of the small intestine
Jeujemum
The __________ helps form feces by absorbing excess water and some minerals from chyme
Large intestine
Large intestine
Little additional absorption other than water and some minerals taking place in structure
Retrospective
Looking backwards, reasons from past looking into present
Prospective
Looking forward
________ is the disaccharide comprised of two glucose molecules
Maltose
No the various parts of the digestive system
Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Colon
Stomach
Muscular sac expanding and holding up to 4-6 cups of food
Salivary gland's secrete amylase and lipase, enzymes that enable a minor amount of ________ to be digested in the mouth.
Nutrients
What are the steps for the scientific process?
Observe, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analyze Data, Share, Conclude
What are the dietary guidelines for Americans?
Pick healthy activity
What is glycogen?
Polysaccharide
The amount of vitamin C that meets about 98% of the population's need for the nutrient is the ____________ for the vitamin
RDA
Small intestine
Relies on Peristalsisand segmentation helping with digestion
What organs produce and secrete enzymes that are essential for proper digestion?
Salivary gland's, pancreas, gallbladder
Examples of red flags:
Sounds too good to be true, testimonials and anecdotes as evidence of effectiveness, Big scientific sounding terms to impress or confuse consumers, recommendations based on a single study
Esophagus
Transfers massfuls of swallowed food into stomach; tubular structure of G.I. tract connecting the pharynx the stomach
Micronutrient
Vitamins and minerals
Differences between soluble and insoluble.
soluble-dissolves in water Insoluble-not dissolved in water
Where are the signs of type one diabetes?
thirst, urination, blurry vision, numbness especially in the feet, breath that smells fruity, foot and abdominal pain