NUTRI 300 exam 1

Which of the following foods is the most nutrient dense per serving?

Spinach

Using this nutrition facts panel from the side of a bottle of juice please tell me what the 2% means next to the total carbohydrate?

The 2% means that by consuming one serving of this food you have completed 2% of all the carbohydrates you need in a day.

What does the upper tolerable intake level tell you?

The highest amount of a nutrient you can safely take in on a daily basis.

Look at the ingredients for Ramen noodles on the left. What do you know about the order that the ingredients are listed in?

The ingredients are listed with the ingredients used in the greatest amount first followed in descending order by those in smaller amounts.

Which best describes absorption in the small intestine?

The movement of nutrient molecules from the gastrointestinal tract into the blood or lymph

Absorption

The process by which nutrient molecules pass through the wall of the digestive system into the blood

Which statement is a red flag meaning it is a warning sign that someone might be lying to you about a nutrition related product?

The product sounds too good to be true, they say there is a 100% moneyback guarantee, Superstars are claiming they had great success with this nutrition related product, fancy scientific jargon are being used to impress you

Are there good and bad foods? Why or why not?

There are no bad foods because they all give calories.

How do nutrients get from your intestines into your blood?

Through the circulatory system.

The major role in the body that all vitamins and minerals have is

To act as regulators in body processes

Good food choices can reduce the chance of developing chronic diseases

True

The point of the dietary reference intakes is to tell us how much we should be consuming for a particular nutrient and how much is too much

True

What does nutrient dense mean?

a high ratio of nutrients to calories

What does essential mean?

absolutely necessary; extremely important

A primary function of the digestive system is the

breakdown of food into nutrients

What is a calorie?

unit of energy

A serving of food contains 15 g of carbohydrate, 3 g protein, 5 g fat, 5 mg vitamin C, and 100 mL of water. Based on this information a serving of this food supplies how many kilo calories?

117

Erica is making a recipe from foods that contain the following nutrients: 120 mL of water, 50 g of fat, 40 g of protein , 500 mg of vitamin C, 235 g of carbohydrate and 600 mg of calcium. Approximately how many kilo calories does the entire product of this recipe provide?

1550

A serving of food supplies 15 g of carbohydrates, 15 g of protein, 400 mL of water, 25 mg of vitamin C and 4 g of fat. According to this information how many kilo calories are in a serving of this food?

156

If you eat food that contains 10 g of carbohydrate, 10 g of fat and 20 g of protein how many calories would that be?

170

What are the dietary reference intakes.? What are they for? Why are there so many now?

A set of reference values used to plan and assess nutrient intakes of healthy people. They are used for designing and evaluating research studies and results. They are also used in developing dietary guidelines and food guides.

Is alcohol a nutrient? Does it give you calories?

Alcohol is not a nutrient. 7 calories.

What is a serving size?

Amount per meal--not per day

What are phytochemicals?

Any various biologically active compounds found in plants.

Antonio has a severe chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease. To reduce his likelihood of developing heart burn his physician recommended that he

Avoid over eating during meals

Which of the following organs is not an accessory organs of the digestive system

Brain

Digestion

Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used

Which best describes digestion?

Breaking food down into smaller and smaller parts until they are small enough to enter the bloodstream

A serving of food supplies 18 g of protein, 20 g of carbohydrates, 7 g of fat, 18 mg vitamin E, 2 mg iron and 100 g water. which of the following statements is true about a serving of the food?

Carbohydrate provides the most food energy.

A serving of food supplies 25 g of carbohydrates, 15 g of fat, and 100 g of water. which of the following statements is true about a serving of the food?

Carbohydrates provides the most food energy.

Which of the nutrients give you calories?

Carbohydrates, fat and proteins give you calories

What are the six classes of essential nutrients?

Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, water, vitamins and minerals

Blood and blood vessels are primarily components of the

Circulatory system

A persons usual pattern of food choices is his or her

Diet

Which of the following physiological changes as a result of anabolic chemical reactions

Enlargement of muscle tissue after three weeks of regular exercise

Which of the following is a type of study that looks for patterns in the incidence , distribution and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. Only the data is analyzed and no interventions are conducted. For example this type of study may look at the pattern of meat intake in a given population and see if it seems to correspond to higher or lower rates of heart disease risk.

Epidemiological study

Which of the following structures normally prevents swallowed food from entering the Larnyx and trachea

Epiglottis

Which of the following is a type of study where the investigator artificially manipulates the subjects in the study such as giving a medicine or some other therapeutic regimen. For example in this type of study the scientist could feed people known quantities of blueberries and look for evidence of blueberry Phytochemicals in the blood.

Experimental study

Because a large proportion of the human body is composed of water it does not have to be replenished every day.

False

Define a tissue and give two examples

Group of cells that share a common structure and function together. Nerves and muscles.

What does calorie dense mean?

High in energy

What has to happen in order for nutrients to be small enough to enter the bloodstream?

In order for nutrients to be small enough to enter the bloodstream they must be digested first.

Which of the following nutrients does not provide any energy for humans?

Iron

Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome usually includes making dietary changes and

Learning ways to manage stress effectively

Jared often eats a large dinner about an hour before he lies down to sleep. Based on this information he is likely to develop

gastroesophageal reflux disease