CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
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Chemical substances necessary for life?
Functions
Provide energy
Build and repair tissue
Regulate body processes: circulation, respiration, digestion, and elimination
NUTRIENTS
What are the 6 classes of nutrients?
Carbohydrates
Fats (lipids)
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
Water
those found only in foods?
Essential Nutrients
carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins?
ORGANIC NUTRIENTS
Must be broken down before use
Contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Function: provide energy, regulate body processes, and repair tissues?
ORGANIC NUTRIENTS
Water and Minerals?
INORGANIC NUTRIENTS
Provide major source of energy
Examples: cereal grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and sugars?
CARBOHYDRATES
In simplest form when ingested
Function: regulate body processes?
INORGANIC NUTRIENTS
Provide energy
Highest kilocalorie value
Sources: meats, milk, cream, butter, cheese, egg yolks, oils, nuts?
FATS (LIPIDS)
Build and repair body tissues
Provide energy
Only one of the six nutrients that contain nitrogen
Sources: meats, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, corn, grains, nuts, and seeds?
PROTEINS
Inorganic compounds
Regulate body processes
Examples: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, chloride, iron, magnesium, and zinc?
MINERALS
Organic compounds
Regulate body processes
Examples: vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K?
VITAMINS
Major constituent of all living cells
Composed of hydrogen and oxygen?
WATER
Excess energy or nutrient intake?
OVERNUTRITION
Nutrient Deficiency: inadequate dietary intake?
PRIMARY
Deficient energy or nutrient intake?
UNDERNUTRITION
Cumulative Effects of Nutrition: atherosclerosis- obesity, hypertension, diabetes, gallbladder disease, some cancers?
EXCESS
Cumulative Effects of Nutrition: iron deficiency, beriberi, scurvy osteomalacia osteoporosis, rickets goiter?
DEFICIENCY
Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Beriberi
THIAMIN
Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Iron-deficiency anemia
IRON
Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Night blindness
VITAMIN A
Nutrient Deficiency: due to causes other than dietary intake?
SECONDARY
Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
KWASHIORKOR
PROTEIN
Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
GOITER
IODINE