Chapter 18: Nutrition Flashcards
Carbohydrates
Source of body energy and fiber
Fats
Provide energy and vitamins
Proteins
Vital to growth, development, and normal functioning
Metabolism
body breaks down ingested nutrients into a form that it can absorb and use
Anabolic
Building
Catabolic
Breaking down
Macronutrients
Nutrients that supply body with energy carbs
proteins
fats
Micronutrients
Nutrients that are important in regulating body processes but don’t provide the body with energy
Vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and water
Vitamins
Organic compounds that are essential to the body in small quantities for growth, development, maintenance, and reproduction
Vitamin A
Maintenance of normal vision healthy epithelium, skeletal, and tooth development,
and normal cellular proliferation
Vitamin A foods
Carrots
eggs
fish
Cheese
Vitamin D
Intestinal absorption/mobilization of calcium
Vitamin E
Antioxidant that assigns in maintaining integrity of cellular membranes
Vitamin K
Liver formation and clotting factors
Folic acid
Necessary for our RBC formation