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NUTRITION Flashcards

1
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Sum of all interactions between an organism and the food it consumes

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Nutrition

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2
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Organic and inorganic substances found in the foods for body functioning

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Nutrients

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3
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The nutrien content of a specified food

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Nutritive value

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4
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3 essential Nutrients

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Water
Carbo fats and proteins
Vitamins and minerals

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5
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Neded in large amounts in the body (hundreds of gram)

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Macronutrient

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6
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Needed in small amounts to metabolize the energy providing nutrients

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Micronutrients

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7
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Carbohydrates is composed of

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Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen

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8
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2 types of carbohydrates

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Simple ( SUGARS) complex ( STARCH AND FIBERS)

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9
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High suga content and solid fat foods

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EMPTY CALORIES

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10
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Simplest of all CHO water soluble and produced by both plants and animals

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Sugar

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11
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Single molecule, glucose fructose galactose

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MONOSACCHARIDES

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12
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Double molecule sugar

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Disaccharide

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13
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Either natural or manufactured sources and have almost no calories

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Sugar substitutes

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14
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Insoluble, non seet forms of carbohydrates, exist in plants

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Starches (Polysaccharide)

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15
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A complex CHO derived from plants, supplies roughage or bulkk to the diet

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Fibers

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16
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Biological catalyst that speed up chemical reactions

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Enzymes

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17
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Example of enzymes

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Salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase, maltase, sucrase and lactase

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18
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What is the end product of Carbohydarte digestion?

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Monosacccharid absorbed in small intestines

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19
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Major source of body energy

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Carbohydrates

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20
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Continues to circulate in he blood and provide readily available source of energy

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Glucose

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21
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Stored as either —— or —– in the cells, liver and skeletal muscles

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Glycogen, fat

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22
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What happens when you have high or low blood sugar?

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Reviewer process

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23
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Made up of primarily carbon, hydrogen, oxyge, nitrogen from amino acids and organi molecules

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Proteins

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24
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—– of the bod solids are proteins

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3/4

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25
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2 types of amino acids

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Essential
Non essential

26
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Cannot be manufactured by the body and must besupplied in the diet

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Essential

27
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Those that the body can manufacture

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Non essential

28
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Contains all essential amino acidsplus many nonessential ones ( meats, poultry fish, dairy and eggs)

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Complete protein

29
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Lack one or more essential amino acids usually from plats

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Incomplete protein

30
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In protein, Pepsin breakdown , protein in smaller units

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Stomach

31
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End result of broken down proteins?

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Amino acids

32
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Building tissue

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Anabolism

33
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Breaking don tissue

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Catabolism

34
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Reflects the status of protein nutrition in the body. Measuring ana and cata

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Nitrogen balance

35
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Organic substances that are greasy and insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol

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Lipds

36
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Lpidssolid at room temperature

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Fats

37
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Lipids liquid at room temperature

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Oils

38
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Basic structure unit of Lipids

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Fatty ACids

39
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All carbon atoms are filled w/ hydrogen

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Saturated fats

40
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One could accommodate more hydrogen atoms than it currently does

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Unsaturated fats

41
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2 types of unsaturated

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Mono - one double bond between 2 carbo ato
Poly- more double bond

42
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Contains 1 or more unconjugated double bond

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Trans fat

43
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Simple lipids, consisting of glycerol 3 fatty acids 90% from ood nd body

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Glycerides

44
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Fatlike substance produced by food needed for bile acids and synthesis of steroid hormones

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Cholesterol

45
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Inorganic compounds, micronutrients and free ions

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Minerals

46
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What makes 80% of minerals

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Calcium and phosphorus

47
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The relationship between the energy derived from food and used by the body

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Energy balance

48
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Amount of energy that nutrients or food supply to the body

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Caloric Value

49
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Unit of heat energy

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Calorie

50
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Amount of heat required to raise tmpt of 1g of water 1celcius

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Small calorie

51
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Amount of heat energy required to raise tempt 1g water to 15-16 Celsius

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Kilo calories

52
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Refers to all biochemical and physiologic process y which the body grows to maintain itself

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Metabolism

53
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The rate at which the body metabolizes food to maintain the energy requirement of a individual who is awake and aat rest

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Bassal metabolic Rate BMR

54
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Amount of energy required to maintain basic body functions

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Resting energy expenditure REE

55
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hOW Is BMR calculated

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Measuring rre in the early morning 12 hrs after eating

56
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Optimal weight for optimal health

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Ideal body weight

57
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Indicator changes in body fat storage whether an individually weight is appropriate for height

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BMI

58
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NUTRIONAL VARIATIONS EXPLAIN

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REVIEWER

59
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Refers to a calori intake in excess of daily energy requirements, resulting in storage of energy in the form of adipose tissue

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Overnutrition

60
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Refers to the intake of nutrient insufficient to meet Dil energy requirements because inadequate foods intake or improper digestion and absorption of food

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Undernutrition

61
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Long term defenciences in caloric intake ( depressed visceral proteins (e.g albumin) weight loss and muscle and ffat wasting

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PCM Protein calorie malnutrition

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