HUMAN NUT Flashcards
PHYTOCHEMICALS
NON NUTRIENT COMPOUNDS THAT ARE IN PLANTS AND HAVE BIO ACTIVITY IN THE BODY
energy yielding nutrients
can breakdown to yield energy the body can use such as fats , carbs and protein
essential nutrients
Nutrients a person must obtain for food due to the body, not being able to make it for itself in a sufficient quantity
energy density
a measure of energy a food provides relative to the weigh of the food ( kcal per gram )
minerals
inorganic elements that are essential nutrients required in small amounts by the body for health
vitamins
organic essential nutrients req in small amounts by the body for health. vitamins that regulate body processes that support growth and maintain life
genome
complete std of genetic material (dna) in an org or a cell
hypothesis
an unproven statement that tentatively explains the relationships between two or more variables.
nutritional genomics
The signs of how nutrients affect the activities of genes, neutral genomics, and how genes affect the activities of nutrients nutrigenetics
Correlation
Simultaneous increase, decreased, or change to variables
blind experiment
An experiment in which the subjects do not know whether they are members of the experimental group, or the control group
replication
Repeating the experiment and getting the same results
randomization
Process of choosing the members of the experimental in control groups without bias
theory
a tentative explanation that integrates many diverse findings together the understanding of a defines topic
validity
having the quality of being founded on fact or evidence
variables
factors that change , a variable may opens on another variable. may be independent , dependent
DRI
dietary reference intakes
meta analysis
an objective and statistical summary of evidence gathered from multiple selected studies to develop a quantitive review
systematic review
A critical and integrative summary of evidence gathered from multiple selected studies to answer a specific question in develop a qualitative review
A set of nutrient intakes values for healthy people in the United States in Canada. They are used for planning in assessing diets that include EAR , RDA, AI and UL
requirement
lowest continuing intake of a nutrient that will maintain a specified criterion of adequacy
RDA
the avg daily amount a nutrient considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of practically all healthy people
EAR
- estimated average requirement
- the average daily amount of nutrient that will maintain a specific biochemical or physiological function in half of the healthy people of a given age and gender group
deficient
In adequate a nutrient amount, that fails to be the bodies needs, and eventually result in deficiency symptoms
