Healthy nutrition Flashcards
1
Q
enhances your quality of life and helps you prevent disease. It provides you with the calories and nutrients your body needs for maximum energy and wellness.
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Good Nutrition
2
Q
The process by which the body takes in and uses food.
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Nutrition
3
Q
All of the processes involved in consuming and utilizing food for ___,____, and _____
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Energy, maintenance, and growth
4
Q
Substances in foods that your body needs to grow, to repair, and to provide energy.
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Nutrients
5
Q
Units of heat that measure the energy used by the body and energy supplied to the body by foods.
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Calories
6
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PHYSIOLOGY OF NUTRITION
Five processes are involved in the body’s use of nutrients:
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D
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M
E
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Ingestion
Digestion
Absorption
Metabolism
Excretion
