Nutrition Flashcards

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resting energy expenditure (REE)

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BMR plus energy to digest meals and perform mild activity.

60-75% of daily needs

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basal metabolic rate (BMR)

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the energy required for a person at rest; the energy needed to maintain breathing, circulation, heart rate, and temperature

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nutrients

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the elements supplied by good that are necessary for body processes and function.
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, vitamins, minerals

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carbohydrates

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  • main source of energy in the diet
  • saccharides
  • -simple carbohydrates (sugars): monosaccharides and disaccharides
  • -complex carbohydrates (starch, glycogen, fiber): polysaccharides
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Glycemic index

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  • the effect on blood glucose levels and insulin response
  • food that releases glucose rapidly into the bloodstream have a high glycemic index
  • foods with low glycemic index help with weight loss, promote endurance, and decrease risk of heart disease
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protein

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  • essential for growth, maintenance, and repair of body tissue
  • blood clotting, fluid regulation, and acid-base balance require protein
  • work as defence
  • can be used for energy
  • part of body structure
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amino acids

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simplest form

  • essential: provided in diet
  • nonessential: can be synthesized by body
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saturated or unsaturated fat

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  • monounsaturated fatty acids: vegetable fats (healthy)
  • polyunsaturated fatty acids (healthy)
  • saturated fat: animal fat (raises cholesterol
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trans fatty acids

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  • mostly found in prepared foods
  • raise LDL
  • lower HDL
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cholesterol

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  • not a fat
  • occurs naturally in animal goods but is also synthesized by the liver
  • deposits in blood vessel walls causing atherosclerosis
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fats

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  • cushion vital organs
  • insulate
  • protect cell membranes
  • provide storage form of energy
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water

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  • muscle contains more water than any other tissues except blood
  • cell function depends on a fluid environment
  • helps regulate temperature and acts as a solvent
  • 60-70% of body weight
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vitamins

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  • essential to normal metabolism
  • depend on dietary intake
  • highest vitamin content is found in fresh foods used quickly
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fat soluble vitamins

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vitamin A, D, E, and K

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water soluble vitamins

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vitamin C and B complex: easily destroyed and not stored in the body

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hypervitaminosis

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results from megadoses

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minerals

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  • inorganic elements essential as catalysts in biochemical reactions
  • not broken down during digestion
  • become part of the structure of the body and its enzymes
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digestion

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mechanical breakdown that results from chewing, churning, and mixing with fluid, as well as chemical reactions by which food is reduced to its simplest form
begins in the mouth and ends in the small and large intestines

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absorption

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intestine is the primary site

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metabolism and storage of nutrients

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anabolic (building up) and catabolic (breaking down) reactions

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dietary reference intakes (DRIs)

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range of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals needed whole also avoiding deficiencies or toxic irises

  • adequate intake
  • estimated average requirement
  • recommended dietary allowance
  • tolerable upper intake level
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lactation

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500 Kcal per day above the allowance

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five major areas to assess nutrition

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  • anthropometry
  • laboratory and biochemical tests
  • dietary history and health history
  • clinical observation and physical examination
  • dietary history
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FASTCHECK

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  • food preferences
  • allergies
  • symptoms
  • twenty-four hour recall
  • chewing
  • hunger
  • elimination
  • chemical substances
  • knowledge
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4 phases of swallowing

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  • oral preparation phase
  • oral or buccal phase
  • pharyngeal or swallowing phase
  • esophageal phase
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aspiration

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food or fluid going into lungs

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aspiration pneumonia

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aspiration causing pneumonia

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dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing

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Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)

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  • administered to patients who are unable to digest or absorb enteral nutrition
  • peripheral or through a central line
  • clinical and laboratory monitoring is required
  • indications for TPN include bowel resection, bowel rest, pancreatitis, trauma to abdomen, head or neck, chemotherapy etc.
  • complications include CVC (central venous catheter) infection and metabolic alterations