Ch 12 Nutrition for Health

Question 1

What type of food should you eat?

Answer 1

complex carbohydrates

Question 2

How much of those foods to eat?

Answer 2

males- 2500 cal/day

females-2000 cal/day

Question 3

How much of carbohydrates defined?

Answer 3

c >/= 55%

Question 4

How much of fats defined?

Answer 4

F

Question 5

How much of protein defined?

Answer 5

p= 15%

Question 6

How to determine what is in the foods you are eating-

Answer 6

simple carbohydrates

• -monosaccharide(1 molecule of sugar)
• -disaccharide(2 molecule of sugar) ex. table sugar
• these are the supply of energy

Question 7

You should eat the most of…

Answer 7

polysaccharides
-they provide sustained energy
1 starch
2 fiber
3 glycogen

Question 8

Where is glycogen stored?

Answer 8

it is stored in the muscle cell & liver

Question 9

What are fats?

Answer 9

lipids

Question 10

Saturated

Answer 10

solid at room temperature
ex. palm oil
coconut oil

Question 11

Unsaturated

Answer 11

liquid at room temperature
ex. olive oil
colonal oil

Question 12

hydrogenation

Answer 12

it is bad!…tans fatty acid

ex. the peanut butter that has oil on top is NOT hydrogenation

Question 13

What is found in saturated fat?

Answer 13

CHOLESTEROL

& our liver makes cholesterol & we eat food that has it too

Question 14

TC is total cholesterol…What does it need to be?

Answer 14

TC

Question 15

What is LDL?

Answer 15

low density lipoprotein

BAD CHOLESTEROL

Question 16

What is HDL?

Answer 16

high density lipoprotein
GOOD cholesterol
HDL > 40
Bicycling can raise this!

Question 17

What is an amino acid?

Answer 17

it is just a protein

Question 18

H2O

Answer 18

B’s & C

Question 19

FAT

Answer 19

A,D,E & K

Question 20

How much sodium should you consume?

Answer 20

We don’t want to consume more than 2300

sodium

Question 21

How much calcium should you consume?

Answer 21

1000 mg/day
your body uses calcium to function
water male 3 liters/day
female 2.2 liters/day