Chapter 4 Flashcards
Substances in food that your body needs for energy, proper growth, body maintenance, and functioning
Nutrients
The shared customs, traditions, and beliefs of a particular group
Culture
The starches and sugars found in food
Carbohydrates
Nutrients that help build, maintain, and repair body tissues
Proteins
Substances that supply a concentrated form of energy and help transport other nutrients to locations in the body where they are needed.
Fats
The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram (about one quart) of water 1 degree Celsius.
Calories
What are carbohydrates classier into?
Simple carbohydrates && Complex carbohydrates
Found in fruits, candy, cookies and soda
Simple carbohydrates
Found in vegetables like corn and potatoes, as well as bread, cereals, pastas, rice, and dry beans
Complex carbohydrates
Body fat
Adipose tissue
A special subclass of complex carbohydrates that has several functions, including aiding the body in digestion.
Dietary fiber
What does ur body need proetin to do ??
Grow, repair, and maintain itself
Help fight disease
Supply energy
The building blocks of protein
Amino acids
Contain all nine essential amino acids
Complete proteins
Lack one or more of the essential amino acids
Incomplete proteins
Individuals who eliminate meat, fish, and poultry from their eating plans
Vegetarians
What are the positive properties of fats?
Fats supply twice the energy of gram of carbohydrates or proteins
Fat transports and absorbs vitamins ADEK
helps regulate the hormone testosterone
Enhance the flavor and texture of food
Help satiety hunger BC they take longer to digest
What are the negative properties of fats ?
Eating too many can clog arteries = heart disease
Eating too many can cause certain types of cancer
If not used, they’re stored in adipose tissue
Excess body fat can lead to weight gain && obesity
Excess fat can lead to type 2 diabetes
Wha are fats classified as?
Saturated fatty acids
Unsaturated fatty acids
Trams fatty acids
Fats that come main,h from animal fats, including butter and lard, and are often solid at room temperature
Saturated fatty acids
The study of food and how your body uses the substances in food.
Nutrition
