Lesson 1- Intro to Fundamental Nutrition Flashcards

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What is nutrition?

A

Using and getting food to be able to do all processes required for an organism’s existence

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What are Nutritional Genomics?

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How nutrients affect activities of genes and how genes affect interactions between diet and disease

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What are essential nutrients?

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They are nutrients needed for the body’s processes found in the diet because it can’t be synthesized by our body

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What are the energy-yielding essential nutrients?

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Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins

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What are the non-energy yielding essential nutrients?

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Vitamins
Minerals
Water

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