Lesson 9 - Chapters 12-14

Question 1

The new basic four food groups is:

Answer 1

Fruits
Veggies
Who grains and legumes
Proteins and fats/oils

Question 2

Utilization of nutrients depend on what factors?

Answer 2

Healthy digestion and absorption
Stress levels
Extra needs

Question 3

Indigestion, has, bloating, and abdominal discomfort can all result from improper food combinations?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

After too large of a meal, much more blood than usual is sent to the digestive organs, and we are often sedated and unable to move well until digestion is complete many hours later

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A rotation diet can help isolate food allergies

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Benefits of eating seasonally?

Answer 6

Economical

Gives us the cleanest foods as fewer chemicals are needed to store and ship them

Provides right type of fuel to protect from current climate

Question 7

Is egg an acidic food?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Which beans don’t require soaking over night?

Answer 8

Lentils, split peas, and adzuki beans

Question 9

Which of the seasons is best for cleansing, fasting, and reevaluation of our health program?

Answer 9

Spring

Question 10

What is the most important component of a healthy diet?

Answer 10

Eating a balanced diet and consuming moderate amounts of food, without regular overeating

Question 11

Eating a variety of foods provides a Variety of nutrients thus preventing any marked deficiencies?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Rotating reduces the potential to become allergic or sensitive, which can result from repeatedly stimulating the body’s immune and cellular systems with the same nutritional biochemistry?

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Which nonessential amino acid, considered to be the least likely needed in terms of diet, may require supplementation to help the body detoxify the food additive sodium benzoate and aspirin?

Answer 13

Glycine

Question 14

Natural, seasonal, rotational, balanced, moderate, and well combined, are components of what diet?

Answer 14

The ideal diet?

Question 15

When foods are combusted, they are broken down into alkaline or acid ash?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

A diet that is too acidic affects blood and tissues and the body will try to clear unwanted elements through enhanced elimination?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Congestion of mucus in different areas may often be caused in part by an acid alkaline imbalance ?

Answer 17

True

Question 18

When following food combining, it is ok to consume more than one type of protein at the same meal as long as the proteins are not eaten with starches?

Answer 18

False

Question 19

In TCM, salt is highly yang - active, warm, and expansive

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Soaking nuts and seeds overnight helps the body digest the fats because soaking helps the fats become more bio available as fatty acids?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Fresh herbs at best kept:

Answer 21

In a glass of water in the fridge

Question 22

Which grains should be washed several times prior to cooking?

Answer 22

Quinoa
Amaranth
Millet

Question 23

The concept Of constitutional typing goes back more than 5000 years to the subcontinent of India with the tradition of Ayurveda

Answer 23

True