Nutrients

Question 0

What percent of your daily calorie intake should come from carbohydrates

Answer 0

55 to 60%

Question 1

What are carbohydrates

Answer 1

Carbohydrates and starches and sugars present in foods

Question 2

What are simple carbohydrate

Answer 2

Sugars like Fructose or lactose

Question 3

What are complex carbohydrates

Answer 3

Starches like in whole grains

Question 4

Describe how your body converts carbohydrates into energy

Answer 4

Your body converts all carbohydrates into glucose, a simple sugar. Glucose that it is not used right away is stored in your liver or muscles as glycogen. When your body needs more energy it converts glycogen back into glucose. If you take in more carbohydrates then your body can use or store as glycogen it turns into fat

Question 5

What is fiber

Answer 5

Fibers is an indigestible complex carbohydrate that is found in the tough stringy parts of vegetables. It can reduce your risk of heart disease

Question 6

How many grams of fiber should you have per day

Answer 6

You should have 20 to 35 g of fiber per day

Question 7

What are proteins

Answer 7

Proteins are nutrients that help build and maintain body cells and tissue. proteins are made of long chains of substances called amino acids, your body can manufacture all but nine of the 20 different amino acids that make up proteins. The nine that your body can’t make are called essential amino acids- you must get them from food you eat

Question 8

What are complete and incomplete proteins

Answer 8

A complete protein is a food has all nine of the essential amino acids

Incomplete proteins are foods that are missing one or two of the essential amino acids

Question 9

What is a lipid

Answer 9

A Lipid is a fatty substance that does not dissolve in water.

Question 10

The building blocks of fat are called…

Answer 10

Fatty acids

Question 11

What are the different types of fatty acids

Answer 11

Saturated fatty acids are found in animal fats and tropical oils. These fatty acids increase risk of heart disease

Unsaturated fatty acids are in vegetable fats and have been associated with a reduced risk of heart disease

Question 12

What vitamins do fats transport in your blood and serve as a source of

Answer 12

Vitamins A D E and K

And serve as a source of linoleic acid

Question 13

What percent of your daily calorie intake should be fats

Answer 13

20 to 30%

Question 14

What is cholesterol

Answer 14

Cholesterol is a waxy lipid like substance used to make hormones