Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the food we eat and how our bodies use it
Nutrition
What is the scientific data that directs our specific nutritional recommendations
Nutritional science
What works to generate the full potential for all people within their given environment and works to seek a higher level of funcitoning
Wellness
What part of the national health promotion seeks to promote access to healthier food options, improve healthy weight and reduce food insecurity
Nutrition and weight status
What are nutrients that we can break down to provide energy
Carbs,lipids, proteins
What are the 3 funx of nutrients in foods
Provide energy, build tissue, regulate metabolism
What is ethanols energy yielding compound
7kcal/g = not a nutrient
What is the body’s primary source of fuel
Carbs
What is the body’s secondary source of energy
Lipids
What is the body’s last resort for energy b/c its so important for other funx
Protein
What diet removes atherosclerotic plaque
Hornish diet
What other nutrient other than AA are used for tissue building
FA in phospholipids, vitamins and minerals
What does optimal nutrition look like
Person consumes diet with adequate/balance of macros and micros
What are two types of malnutrition
Undernutrition and overnutrition
Where does undernutrition occur
Food insecure or hospitalized patients
When did nutritional science research start to take off
Around WW2 (1942)
Before the war what was most americans calories from
50% from sugar and white bread
What VP pushed the idea of enriching foods with vit B
Henry wallace
Who determines the recommendations in US and Canada
Food/nutrition board (FNB) of the institute of medicine (IOM) of the national academy of sciences
When did the FND first publish recommended dietary allowances (RDA’s)
1941
What is the estimated average requirement or EAR
Average nutrient requirement for healthy population required to meet needs of 50% of population
What is the recommended dietary allowance (RDA)
Nutrient amount require to meet the needs of 97.5% of the population
What is adequate intake (AI) levels
Nutrient recommendation when insufficient evidence to calculate EAR or RDA
What is the tolerable upper intake level (UL)
Highest nutrition level unlikely to cause adverse effects
What does tolerable upper intake levels prevent
Toxicities
What is a very low level of nutrient found in blood that causes a specific disease
Deficiency
What is the number one micro that the US population is not meeting RDA
Vit E
What is a subclinical or deficient nutrient pools due to chronic poor intake
Insufficiency
What are the 4 tactics the FDA uses in control
Recall, seizure, injunction, prosecution
If there is no reference standard on a food label then how is it listed
Each ingredient listed from most to least (by weight)
When is a nutrient considered high
Greater than or equal to 20%
When is a nutrient considered low
Less than or equal to 5%
What are the 3 main label claims
Health, nutrient content, structure/funx
Health claims cannot be used on labels with
Contain >20% DV for fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium
What is the only allowed thing with organic farming
Synthetic pesticides if structurally identical to natural
What is the only difference from organic vs conventional
Organic foods have slightly higher levels of vitamins A,C,E
What is the current premium in US for organic farming
30% price increase over conventional
Eaching fish twice/week does what to lifespan
Increase by 2.2 years
What group is carcinogenic to humans
Group 1 = alcoholic bevereges, estrogen, arsenic
What group is probably carcinogeni and which is possibly
Group 2A and 2B (ginko, and caffeic acid)
DNA to RNA is called what
Transcription
RNA to protein is called what
Translation
What is a variety that are at least 50 years old
Heirloom
How is heirloom produced
Open pollination
What is a cross pollination between 2 varieties of same plant
Hybrid
How do we get hybrid plants
Carefully controlled pollination (lab or patented)
How well do subsequent seeds of hybrids produce
Not well
What is a plant that is 1 or more genes that has been altered or turned off
Genetically engineered
Where are genetically engineered items produced
Lab and all patented
Can the seeds of a genetically engineered plant be used
Non
What is the use of biologic processes or organisms to make/modify products
Biotechnology
What types of medications are produced through use of genetic modification
Insulin and penicillin
What is biotech used for in breeding
Selective breeding for a desired trait or specific inertion of a gene
What type of gene modification is crossing and selective breeding
Traditional
What type of gene modifying involves exposing seeds to chemicals/radiation
Mutagenesis = not sure how many genes affected
What type of gene modification involves knocking out 1-2 genes
RNA interference
What type of gene modification takes desired gene inserted into specific location
Transgenics
What gene modifications require safety testing
RNA interference and transgenics
What happens to the DNA we digest
It is degraded mostly
What is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children
Vitamin a deficiency
What is the USDA role in regulation
Ensure no ill impact on unintended pests
What is the FDA role in regulation
Make sure GE do not cause allergens,
What is the EPA role in regulation
Regulates pesticides engineered into plants, sets tolerance levels of pesticides
What is a chemical added to foods to prevent spoilage and extend shelf life
Food additive
What is the most common food additive
Sugar and salt
What is the minimal safe internal temp of beef, pork, veal, lamb
145
What is the minimum cooking temp for ground meat
160
What is the minimum internal temp of all poultry
165
What is the minimal internal temp of fish and shellfish
145
What type of date tells the store how long to display
Sell by date
What type of date is recommended for best quality/flavor and is NOT a safety date
Best if used by
What type of date is last date recommended to consume for peak quality
Use by
What is the 3rd leading cause of childhood death
Malnutrition
What is the most common global micronutrient deficiency
Iron
What is a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods or limited capabilities to acquire foods in socially acceptable ways
Food insecurity
What are 4 influences on food habits
Social, psychological, physical, physiologic
What has the american food pattern done by spreading globally
Increases risk for chronic disease = HTN and diabetes
What are 3 changing american food patterns
More women working, more family meals, more grazing
When eating from a larger package what is likely
To eat 20-25% more than smaller sizes
What is the sweetest of all monosaccharides
Fructose
How is galactose produced
By digestion of lactose into glucose/galactose
What is an epimer of glucose
Galactose
What is the inability to metabolize galactose
Galactosemia
How many carbons does a monosaccharide contain
3-7 C, MC are 6C = hexoses
What are sugars bound by glycosidic bonds
Disaccharides
What are disaccharides digested by
Digested by brush border enzymes
What is sucrose added to
Processed foods
What is an invert sugar and give an example
Free glucose and fructose in 1:1 ratio, ex: honey