Nutrition

Question 1

What’s nutrition?

Answer 1

The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth

Question 2

What’s the difference between nutrition and food?

Answer 2

Nutrition is a process of events

Food is a product that is eaten or taken into the body

Question 3

What are macronutrients?

Answer 3

Nutrients needed in large quantities

ex: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water

Question 4

What are micronutrients?

Answer 4

Nutrients needed in very small quantities

ex: vitamins, minerals

Question 5

What’s metabolism?

Answer 5

The process of breaking down food and turning it into energy

Question 6

What does metabolism require?

Answer 6

Energy from carbohydrates, fats and proteins

Question 7

How is energy in food measured?

Answer 7

In calories

Question 8

What do carbohydrates do?

Answer 8

Gives you high amounts of quick energy

Question 9

What do fats do?

Answer 9

Gives us stored energy

Question 10

What do proteins do?

Answer 10

Builds muscle and bones

Question 11

What do vitamins do?

Answer 11

Helps regulate body processes

Question 12

What do minerals do?

Answer 12

Essential for growth and metabolism

Question 13

What does water do?

Answer 13

Essential for digestion, respiration and for carrying nutrients and oxygen

Question 14

Which 3 nutrients give us energy?

Answer 14

Carbohydrates, proteins and fats

Question 15

What are the purposes of carbohydrates?

Answer 15

• provide the body’s most important source of energy

- takes little effort to release their energy

Question 16

What are complex carbs?

Answer 16

Provide more fibre, miner,as and vitamins

Question 17

What are simple carbs?

Answer 17

Lack xtra vitamins and minerals found in complex carbs

Question 18

How many calories does one gram of carbs contain?

Answer 18

4 calories

Question 19

What foods contain carbohydrates?

Answer 19

Rice, bread, chapatis, potatoes and bananas

Question 21

What are the purposes of fats?

Answer 21

• insulate against cold
• provide energy
• provide a layer of padding between skin and muscles
• protect internal organs
• absorb vitamins

Question 22

How many calories are in one gram of fat?

Answer 22

9 calories

Question 23

What foods contain fats?

Answer 23

Fatty meats and fish, cheese, butter, avocado, nuts and seeds, and chocolate

Question 24

What are the purposes of proteins?

Answer 24

• making skin, muscle and bone
• growth and development
• maintenance and repair of tissues
• make up of all cells, tissues and certain hormones

Question 25

What foods contain protein?

Answer 25

Egg, poultry, meat, milk and fish

Question 26

How many calories are in one gram of protein?

Answer 26

4 calories

Question 27

Are vitamins organic or inorganic?

Answer 27

Organic

Question 28

What does organic mean?

Answer 28

Contains carbon

Question 29

What are fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 29

Vitamins that dissolve in fat

Question 30

What are water soluble vitamins?

Answer 30

Vitamins that dissolve in water

Question 31

What’s the difference between fat soluble and water soluble vitamins?

Answer 31

Fat soluble vitamins can be stored in fat tissue and remain in the body for a long time
Water soluble vitamins are needed daily from food

Question 32

What is the purpose of vitamins?

Answer 32

Used to form cells and tissues

Question 33

Are minerals organic or inorganic?

Answer 33

Inorganic

Question 34

What does inorganic mean?

Answer 34

Doesn’t contain carbon

Question 35

What are sources of minerals?

Answer 35

Calcium and iron

Question 36

What percent of a person’s weight is made up of water?

Answer 36

60%