Definitions

Question 1

What is nutrition?

Answer 1

It is the bodily process of taking in, and assimilating, nutrients from food to support the body’s health

Question 2

What are the 6 main nutrients that the body needs?

Answer 2

carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins, minerals

Question 3

Macronutrients are the only nutrients that provide the body with what?

Answer 3

Energy in the form of calories

Question 4

Why do carbohydrates provide quick energy for the body?

Answer 4

Because they can be broken down more easily than other macronutrients

Question 5

What are the 3 types of carbohydrates?

Answer 5

simple, complex, fiber

Question 6

What are the 3 main types of fats?

Answer 6

saturated, unsaturated, trans

Question 7

What are the two types of unsaturated fats?

Answer 7

monounsaturated and polyunsaturated

Question 8

What are proteins?

Answer 8

They are large molecules that play many critical roles in the body. They are required for structure, function, and regulation of the body’s tissues and organs.

Question 9

What are the subunits that make up a protein that are attached to one another in one long chain?

Answer 9

amino acids

Question 10

What are the 3 things that the body saves proteins for?

Answer 10

growth, development, repair

Question 11

All Dietary Theories shift the _____, _____, and _____ of macronutrients.

Answer 11

balance, source, timing

Question 12

Most diets fail because people restrict too much and their daily caloric consumption drops below their _________.

Answer 12

resting metabolic rate or RMR

Question 13

What is the resting metabolic rate?

Answer 13

RMR is the minimal amount of energy or calories needed in order for the body to function.

Question 14

What happens when caloric intake drops below a certain level?

Answer 14

The body senses danger and begins to store food as fat, which leads to the body signaling you to eat due to a sense of starvation.

Question 15

When you are dieting, you often lose valuable metabolically active _____ and gain back predominantly _____.

Answer 15

muscle, fat

Question 16

Fat cells mainly _____ energy, while muscle cells ________ and ________.

Answer 16

store

actively utilize and burn energy

Question 17

What is stress?

Answer 17

Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.

Question 18

What can cause the digestive system to shut down?

Answer 18

stress

Question 19

Blood sugar is the concentration of ______ in the blood.

Answer 19

glucose

Question 20

What is the body’s preferred/main energy source?

Answer 20

glucose

Question 21

When is the hormone Grehlin released?

Answer 21

Grehlin is released when the body is in need of energy, which signals you to begin looking for nourishment.

Question 22

What is the delivery system that carries glucose to your cells?

Answer 22

the bloodstream

Question 23

What hormone is a determining factor of how the body utilizes blood sugar?

Answer 23

insulin

Question 24

Ketones mainly provide energy to the _____ and _____.

Answer 24

heart, brain

Question 25

What is the process of ketogenesis?

Answer 25

Ketogenesis utilizes a form of stored energy, usually only occurs when the body is in a perceived state of starvation and is used as a last resort.

Question 26

The body can gain energy from _____ and _____, but glucose is the preferred energy source.

Answer 26

proteins, fats

Question 27

What type of carbohydrate is digested and absorbed quickly, providing a quick burst of energy followed by a crash?

Answer 27

simple carbohydrates

Question 28

What type of carbohydrate takes the body longer to break down, producing a slow, even burn without drastically spiking blood sugar levels?

Answer 28

complex carbohydrates

Question 29

What is the name for processed sugar, or white table sugar?

Answer 29

Sucrose

Question 30

_____ sugar is disguised by various names in many processed foods, which causes people to consume more sugar than they often think they are.

Answer 30

Processed

Question 31

If you are having a _____ blood sugar reaction, you may experience brain fog, difficulty concentrating, impatience, nervousness, heart palpitations, excess sweating, light-headedness, nausea, fatigue, or moodiness.

Answer 31

low

Question 32

If you are having a _____ blood sugar reaction, you may experience a feeling of hyper-anxiety, increased thirst, headaches, or feeling as though you are bouncing off the walls.

Answer 32

high

Question 33

The smallest, gentlest intervention you can make, that will also have the biggest impact, is _____________.

Answer 33

balancing blood sugar

Question 34

What will the body do when there is too much or too little glucose, or sugar, in the blood?

Answer 34

It will trigger a significant stress response

Question 35

_____ carb ---> spike ---> crash ---> craving ( _____ or _____) ---> spike ---> crash ---> craving

Answer 35

simple, sugar or caffeine