Nutrient Flashcards
What is Serotonin
Found in comfort foods like bread and pasta
What are carbohydrates
The main source of energy
What are insoluble fibre
Is fibre that will not dissolve in water .it absorbs water
Soluble fibre
Dissolve in water
Proteins
Are nutrients that help build ,repair and maintain body tissues. They are also a source of energy
Nutrients deficiency is what
When you don’t have enough nutrients in your body
What are amino acids
They are chemical chains of proteins that build blocks
Water
essential to life.it makes up most of my body
Minerals
Non living substance that help the body work properly and sometimes become body tissue
What is fat
Concentrated source of energy
Essential fatty acids
Are the long name for fat
There is three types of fat
Polyunsaturated are good
Monounsaturated are good
Saturated are bad
What is ascorbic acid
Is another name for vitamin C
What are phyto chemicals
Is a disease fighting nutrient found in plant material
What is osteoporosis
When your bones become brittle
What is chyme
Chyme is a substance found in you stomach it is the process of food being churned
What is the hemoglobin
It regulates the blood pressure and is how oxygen gets taking to place to place
Villi
Is the lining of the small intestine it has billions of finger projections takes in lots of nutrients
What is the portal vein
Where the nutrients are caried
What happens when oxidation happens
When glucose combines with oxygen to produce energy
What is anemia
When you don’t have enough iron in you body
Added nutrients are called what
Fortification
What is colostrum
It is found in mother milk and has nutrients and has disease fighting and infection fight stuff in it
What is a hemophelia
When your blood does not clot
What is perstalsis
The wave like movement that pushes food down the esophagus
What is basal metabolism
The minimum amount of energy for basic life processes
