Nutrients

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Malnutrition

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The lack of the right proportions of nutrients over an extended period

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Nutrition

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The study of how your body uses the nutrients in your foods you eat

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Deficiency disease

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Illness caused by the lack of a sufficent amount of nutrient

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Dietary supplements

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Purified nutrients that are manufactured or extracted from natural sources

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Phytochemicals

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Compounds from plants that are active in the human body

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Fortified

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A source of added nutrients in the diet aside from supplements

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Carbohydrates

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The body’s chief source of energy

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Glucose

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Form of sugar carried in the bloodstream for energy use throughout the body

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Fiber

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A form of complex carbohydrates from plants that humans cannot digest

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Fatty acids

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Chemical chains that contain carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

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Hydrogenation

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A process that adds hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fatty acids in liquid oils

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Trans fatty acids

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Fatty acids with old molecular shapes

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Cholesterol

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A fat like substance found in every cell in the body

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Proteins

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Chemical compounds that are found in every body cell

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Amino acids

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Made up of small units

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Protein-energy malnutrition

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A diet does not contain enough protein and calories

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Vitamins

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Complex organic substances

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Fat-soluble vitamins

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Dissolve in fats

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Water-soluble vitamins

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Dissolve in water

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Night blindness

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Reduced ability to see in dim light

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Rickets

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A disease that is caused by vitamin d deficiencies

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Dietary antioxidant

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A substance in foods that significantly reduces the harmful effects of oxygen on normal body functions

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Scurvy

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Disease caused by a prolonged deficiency of vitamin c

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Beriberi

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A severe deficiency of thiamin can result in this disease

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Pellagra

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Too little niacin in the diet can cause this disease

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Anemia

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Folate deficiency can result in two types of

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Minerals

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Inorganic substances that make up the other 4-percent

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Macrominerals

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Minerals needs in the diet in amounts of 100 or more milligrams each day

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Trace elements

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Minerals needed in amounts less than 100 milligrams per day

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Osteoporosis

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A condition where bones are weakened further. Y the draw on their calcium supply become porous and brittle

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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Goiter

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Visible enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Goiter

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Visible enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Digestion

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The bodily process of breaking food down into simpler compounds he body can use

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Absorption

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The process of taking in nutrients and making them part of the body

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Peristalsis

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Waves of contractions

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Saliva

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A mucus and enzyme-containing liquid secreted by the mouth

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Metabolism

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The chemical processes that take place in the cells after the body absorbs nutrients