Chapter 1 Flashcards
Vegetables, fruits, seafood, meats, poultry, eggs nuts, and seeds, milk and whole grains
Whole Foods
Frozen vegetables, fruit juices, smoked salmon, cheeses, and breads
Minimally processed foods
No longer resemble Whole Foods; they are made from numerous ingredients that are typically not used in kitchens such as high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or interesterfied oils, hydrolysed proteins
Ultra processed foods
6 classes of nutrients the body uses for growth, maintenance, and repair of its tissues
Water
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
A healthy 150 lb body contains _____ water and ______ fat
90 pounds of water and 20 to 45 lbs of fat
When used to refer to nutrients, the word _______ means more than just necessary it means needed from outside the body
Essential
In the body, three of the organic nutrients can be used to provide energy
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
These produce no energy
Vitamins and minerals
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids Are sometimes called _____ because the body requires them in relatively large amounts
Macronutrients
Vitamins and minerals are
Micronutrients
The energy released from carbohydrate, fat and proteins can be measured in
Calories
They are organic, but they do not provide energy
Vitamins
Vulnerable to destruction by heat, light, and chemical agents
Vitamins
They are inorganic, they are indestructible and need not be handled with special care that vitamins require
Minerals
First, the body has too little iron either because iron is lacking in the persons diet
Or because the persons body doesn’t absorb enough, excretes too much, or uses iron inefficiently
Primary deficiency
Secondary deficiency
