Chapter 1- Food Choices And Human Health Voc Flashcards
The nutrients the body cannot make for itself(or cannot make fast enough) from other raw materials
Essential Nutrients
The study of the nutrients in foods and in the body is
Nutrition
Medically, any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and to grow
Food
Compounds other than the six nutrients that are present in foods and that have biological activity in the body
Nonnutrients
Carbon containing
Organic
The sum of a cultures habits, customs, beliefs, and preferences concerning food
Foodways
The nutrients the body can use for energy
Energy-yielding nutrients
Components of food that are indispensable to the body’s functioning; they provide energy, serve as building material, help maintain or repair body parts, and support growth
Nutrients
The capacity to do work
Energy
Beans, peas and lentils valued as inexpensive sources of protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber that contribute little or no fat to the diet
Legumes
Non nutrient compounds in plant-derived foods having biological activity in the body
Phytochemicals
Pills, liquids, or powders that contain purified nutrients or other ingredients
Dietary Supplements
Food associated with particular culture subgroups within a population
Ethnic Foods
The foods(including beverages) a person eats and drinks
Diet
The full complement of genetic material in the chromosomes of a cell
Genome
