Module 08: Nutrition (Promoting Physiological Health) Flashcards
This is defined as the sum of all interactions between an organism and the food it consumes. This focuses on the query, what an individual eats and how the body uses it?
Nutrition
This is the organic and inorganic substances found in foods that are required for body functioning. Moreover, these are elements necessary for the normal functioning of the body processes.
Nutrients
This is defined as the proportion of nutrients to the number of kilocalories.
Nutrient Density
This is the defined as the nutrient content of a specified amount of food.
Nutrient Value
What are the most essential nutrient that the human body entails?
(1) Water (most basic nutrient entailed)
(2) Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins
(3) Vitamins and Minerals
These essential nutrients are entailed in large amounts in the body (hundreds of grams).
Macronutrients
These essential nutrients are entailed in small amounts to metabolize energy providing nutrients (mL/mg).
Micronutrients
This essential nutrient is constituted of elements such as carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) or CHO. This is delineated as the main source of our diet.
Carbohydrates
What are the two (2) types of carbohydrates?
(1) Simple carbohydrates (sugars)
(2) Complex carbohydrates (starches and fibers)
This is delineated to be constituted of high sugar content and solid fat food.
Empty Calories
This carbohydrate is delineated as the simplest and water soluble, produced by both plants and animals.
Sugars
What are the two (2) notable types of sugars?
(1) Monosaccharides (single molecules)
(2) Disaccharides (double molecules)
What are some examples of monosaccharides
(1) Glucose
(2) Fructose
(3) Galactose
What are some examples of disaccharides?
(1) Sucrose
(2) Lactose
These types of carbohydrates are delineated to be insoluble and non sweet forms. Several examples of these are cereals, breads, flour, and puddings.
Starches (polysaccharides)
Starches are generally produced by what?
Plants (majority exists naturally in plants)
This is delineated as a complex carbohydrate which is derived from plants and supplies a roughage or bulk to the human body’s diet.
Fibers
This is defined as the structural part of plants that cannot be broken down by the human body digestive system.
Polysaccharide
These are defined as biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions (e.g. salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase maltase, sucrase and lactase).
Enzymes
What are the desired end products of enzymes that are to be posed and absorbed by the small intestine?
Monosaccharides
This is defined as the major source of body energy.
Glucose (This continues to circulate in the blood as a readily available source of energy.)
This is made up primarily by carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen (CHON) from amino acids and organic molecules.
Proteins
How many percentage of proteins is constituting the human body?
3/4
These types of amino acids are delineated to be those that cannot be manufactured or engendered in the human body; hence must be supplied in the diet.
Essential Amino Acids
These types of amino acids are delineated to be those that can be deliberately manufactured by the human body.
Non-essential Amino Acids