Health vocab

What is the body's primary energy source?

Carbohydrates

Fats

a concentrated form of energy

Carbohydrates

body's primary energy source

True or False : the best source of water is soda with caffeine

False

True or False : the body can survive 8-10 days without water

False

True or False : the body is less than 20 percent water

False

True or False : the body loses approximately 5-6 pints of water a day through sweat, urine, and exhalation

True

True or False : water is the basis of good nutrition because it is essential to all forms of metabolism in the body

True

Enzymes

a large protein molecule responsible for facilitating biochemical reactions within the body

Glucose

cells main source of energy

Nutrients

chemical substance that are absorbed by the body through the process of digestion

Proteins

molecules made up of sequences of amino acids bound by a peptide bond

According to the text, the scientific definition of nutrition is "the proper supply of nutrients essential for ____________

repair, growth, immunity, energy, and reproduction

Catabolism

the conversion of nutrients into energy

Metabolism

the process by which a cell converts nutrients into energy or materials for growth, repair, reproduction, and maintenance

Anabolism

the process by which the cell uses nutrients to repair or build new tissues

Nutrition

the proper supply of nutrients essential for growth, reproduction, repair, immunity, and energy