Human Nutrition Flashcards
What is also known as 1000 little calories?
Food calorie
What are the proteins that do not have all the amino acids need by the body?
Incomplete
What are the fats that do have double carbon to carbon bonds and tend to be liquid at room temperature?
Unsaturated fats
What is the term for the burning of sugar for energy?
Respiration
What are the proteins that have amino acids needed by the body?
complete proteins
What are the fat molecule with single carbon to carbon bonds and tends to be solid at room temperature?
Saturated fats
What is the term for the amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius?
calorie
What is the hormone that causes cells to take in glucose?
Insulin
What is the term for any chemical reaction that breaks down molecules?
Catabolic
What is the term for an inadequate amount of insulin production?
Diabetes
What is the term for the breaking down of fat cells?
Lypolysis
What is the term for the components of food that nourish the body?
Nutrients
What is the term for fecal matter that becomes dried out because it stayed too long in the large intestine?
Constipation
What is the term for the formation of fat cells?
Lypogenesis
What is the term for the build up of ketones in the body faster than the body can remove them?
Ketosis