nutrition test

• An unlearned, inborn
• response

• A natural physical drive
• that protects you from starvation.

• nEmpty stomach = Walls
• contract stimulating nerve endings.

• The process by which the
• body takes in and uses food

• Units of heat that measure
• the energy used by the body and the energy that foods supply to the body.

Fuels everything you do

Desire to eat

• Units of heat that measure
• the energy used by the body and the energy that foods supply to the body.

Fuels everything you do

• Compounds that help regulate many vital body
• processes including digestion, absorption, and the metabolism of other
• nutrients

• Vitamins are either water soluble or fat
• soluble.

• Lipid is a fatty substance that does not
• dissolve in water
• Fat is a type of lipid

• Body uses energy from Carbs to
• perform every task, including sitting and taking notes in class.

• Either Simple or Complex depending on their
• chemical makeup

• 55-60% of your daily calories should come
• from mainly complex Carbohydrates

• Simple = Sugars such as fructose and lactose
• (fruit and milk)

Starches

• Whole grains, seeds, nuts, Legumes (peas and
• beans), tubers (root vegetables such as potatoes)

• Body breaks down complex carbs
• into simple carbs
• before it can use them for energy.

Vital part of every cell in your body

• Nutrients that help build and maintain body
• cells and tissues

Made of amino acids

• Your body can make all but 9 of the 20
• different amino acids that make up proteins

• The 9 your body can not make are called
• essential amino acids

Indigestible complex carbohydrate

Helps move waste through the digestive system

• Substances that the body cannot manufacture
• but that are needed for forming healthy bones and teeth and for regulating many
• vital body processes

Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron

Are a set of recommendations for healthful eating and active living

my plate is an example of Dietary Guidelines for Americans

A: Aim for Fitness

B: Build a Healthy Base

C: Choose sensibly

• Fats high in saturated fatty acids are
• usually solid at room temperature.

Animal fats and tropical oils

• Fats in beef, pork, egg yolks, and dairy
• foods

• High intake of saturated fatty acid =
• increased risk of heart disease

• Vegetable fats, olive canola, soybean, and
• corn oils.

Usually liquids at room temperature

• Unsaturated fatty acids = decreased risk or
• heart disease

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