Nutrition Stuff Flashcards
What is nutrition?
The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
How does the food you eat affect your gut
How does the food you eat affect your brain?
What’s the difference between a diet and a fad diet?
What are the 4 levels of process foods and examples?
Why is fast food more desirable over healthy food?
What is a “Health Halo”
Idenify misleading claims from the following; Fibre 1 brownies, welches fruit snacks, Boathouse juice, Veggie Straws, or Vector Ceral
What are carbohydrates made up of?
What are the two main types of carbohydrates?
Provide 3 examples of simple carbohydrates
what happens to carbohydrates when they aren’t being used?
provide three functions of protein in your body.
identify 4 critical functions that fats provide for the body.
What are 3 different kinds of fats?
What fats can the body no produce?
What fats are bad for us to consume
What is cholesterol and explain if it’s good or bad.
Be able to list and identify 2 differences between the old and new food guides.
