Nutrition & Health Flashcards
Role of protiens
Maintenance, growth, and repair
Source of animal proteins
Meat, fish, eggs, and cheese
Source of vegetable proteins
Peas, beans, nuts, and grains
Role of carbs
Major source of energy for the body
Types of carbs
Starches and sugars
Source of starches
Bread cereal rice potatoes and pasta
Source of sugars
Fruits cane sugar beets and processed foods
Role of fats
Energy for the body
Three kinds of fats
Saturated, monosaturated, and polysaturated
Effect of saturated fats on bad cholesterol
Bad cholesterol increases
Effect of mono and polysaturated fats on bad cholesterol
Lowers med cholesterol
Risk related to high cholesterol
Heart disease or stroke
Sources of saturated fats
Meats, shellfish, eggs, milk, and milk products
Sources of monosaturated fats
Olives, olive oil, almonds, cashews, Brazil nuts, and avocados
Sources of poly-saturated fats
Corn oil, flaxseed oil, pumpkin seed oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, and sunflower oil