Nutrition

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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


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