Chapter 2 Nutritional Needs

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Malnutrition

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In it’s simplest form is a lack of the right proportions of nutrients over an extended period

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Nutrition

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Is the study of how your body uses the nutrients in the foods you eat

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Deficiency Disease

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This is an illness caused by the lack of sufficient amount of nutrient

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Dietary Supplements

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These are purified nutrients that are manufactured or extracted from natural sources

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Phytochemicals

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Are compounds from plants that are active in the human body

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Carbohydrates

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Are the body’s chief source of energy

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Glucose is the form of sugar carried in the bloodstream for energy use throughout the body

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is the form of sugar carried in the bloodstream for energy use throughout the body

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Fiber

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Is a form of complex carbohydrates from plants that humans cannot digest

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Fats

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Are important energy sources

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Fatty acids

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Are chemical chains that contain carbon, hydrogen and oxegyn Adams

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Hydrogenation

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Adds hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fatty acids in liquid oils

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Trans fatty acids

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When oils are partly hydrogenated

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Cholesterol

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Is a fatlike substance found in every cell in the body

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Proteins

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Are chemical compounds that are found in every cell in the body

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Amino acids

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Proteins are made up of small units called amino acids

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Protein energy malnutrition

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If a diet does not contain enough protein and calories a condition called protein energy malnutrition will occur

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Fat soluble vitamins

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Dissolve in fats

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Water soluble vitamins

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Dissolve in water

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Night blindness

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Witch is a reduced ability to see in dim light

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Rickets

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Children with vitamin d deficiencies can develop a disease called rickets

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Dietary antioxidant

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This is a substance in foods that significantly reduces the harmful effects of oxygen on normal body functions

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Scurvy

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Symptoms of this disease include weakness, bloody gums, tooth loss, and internal bleeding

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Beriberi

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A severe thiamin deficiency can result in a disease of a nervous system called beriberi

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Pellagra

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To little niacin in the diet can cause a disease called pellagra

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Anemia

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Folate deficiency can also result in two types of anemia