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Nutrient Flashcards

1
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What is Serotonin

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Found in comfort foods like bread and pasta

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2
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What are carbohydrates

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The main source of energy

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3
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What are insoluble fibre

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Is fibre that will not dissolve in water .it absorbs water

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4
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Soluble fibre

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Dissolve in water

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5
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Proteins

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Are nutrients that help build ,repair and maintain body tissues. They are also a source of energy

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6
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Nutrients deficiency is what

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When you don’t have enough nutrients in your body

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7
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What are amino acids

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They are chemical chains of proteins that build blocks

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8
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Water

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essential to life.it makes up most of my body

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9
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Minerals

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Non living substance that help the body work properly and sometimes become body tissue

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10
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What is fat

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Concentrated source of energy

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11
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Essential fatty acids

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Are the long name for fat

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11
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There is three types of fat

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Polyunsaturated are good
Monounsaturated are good
Saturated are bad

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12
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What is ascorbic acid

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Is another name for vitamin C

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13
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What are phyto chemicals

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Is a disease fighting nutrient found in plant material

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14
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What is osteoporosis

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When your bones become brittle

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15
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What is chyme

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Chyme is a substance found in you stomach it is the process of food being churned

16
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What is the hemoglobin

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It regulates the blood pressure and is how oxygen gets taking to place to place

17
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Villi

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Is the lining of the small intestine it has billions of finger projections takes in lots of nutrients

18
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What is the portal vein

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Where the nutrients are caried

19
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What happens when oxidation happens

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When glucose combines with oxygen to produce energy

20
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What is anemia

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When you don’t have enough iron in you body

21
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Added nutrients are called what

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Fortification

22
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What is colostrum

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It is found in mother milk and has nutrients and has disease fighting and infection fight stuff in it

23
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What is a hemophelia

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When your blood does not clot

24
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What is perstalsis

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The wave like movement that pushes food down the esophagus

25
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What is basal metabolism

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The minimum amount of energy for basic life processes

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