5. Nutrition Flashcards
What is the amount of energy to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5 C to 15.5 C?
1 Calorie
This fruit has fat content of 20% about 20 times the average of other fruits.
Avocado
What is the term that refers to a person’s inabilty to taste?
Ageusia
Long-term antibiotic therapy can lead to a deficiency of what vitamin?
Vitamin K
What is the disease caused by the inability to digest phenylalanine?
Phenylketonuria
What health benefit is attributable to oat bran?
Lowers the level of serum cholesterol
Name the essential amino acids for humans.
Phe-Val-Thr-Trp-Lle-Met-His-Leu-Lys
What it the protein involved in the immune response?
IgE
what is the definition of essential amino acids?
amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet
what is the amount of heat required to raise the temp of one gram of water one degree Celsius?
Calorie
what is the unit commonly used in expressing energy values of foods?
Kilocalorie
what are the fat-soluble vitamins?
A-D-E-K
what are the water-soluble vitamins?
B vitamins + vitamin C
what are the 2 minerals that humans require the most?
Calcium & Phosphorus
what are the chief deficiencies of Calcium and Phosphorus?
Bone and Teeth Disease
what vitamin is formed in the skin of humans and animals by activation of sterols by UV light from the sun or by UV activation of sterols artificially?
Vitamin D
Vitamin D increases _____and______from the intestinal tract and is necessary for their efficient utilization.
Calcium & Phosphorus
what are good sources of Vitamin D?
Fish oil/liver/dairy products/eggs
What vitamin is essential for normal blood clotting?
Vitamin K
what are the good sources of the Vitamin B complex?
yeast/liver/bran of cereal grains
what is another name for Vitamin E?
Tocopherol
What are good sources of Vitamin K?
green vegetables such as spinach and cabbage
what is the disease caused by a deficiency of thiamin and is common where polished rice is a major dietary item?
Beriberi
What vitamin is a strong antioxidant and probably functions as such in human metabolism?
Vitamin E