Health definitions Flashcards
(23 cards)
Calories
Units f heat that measure the energy used by your body and the energy that foods supply your body
Nutrition
The process of your body talking in and using food
Hunger
A natural physical drive that keeps you from starving
Appetite
A desire rather than a need for food
Carbohydrates
Starches and sugars in food
Proteins
Nutrients that help build and maintain body’s tissues
Lipid
A fatty substance tht does not dissolve in water
Vitimins
Compounds that help regulate many of your body’s vital processes including the way your body uses food
Minerals
Substances in your body that you need but can’t manufacture to form healthy bones and teeth and to regulate vital body processes
Food group rainbow
A guide illustrating he four major food groups
Food additives
Substances added to food to provide a desired effect such as improving colour
Food allergy
A condition in which your body’s immune system reacts to substances in certain foods
Pasteurization
The process of treating a substan e with heat to destroy or slow growth organisms hat cause diseases
Food intolerance
A negative reaction to a food caused in the digestive system
Body composition
The ration of body fat to lean body tissue including mucle bone, water, and connective tissue such as ligaments and cartilage
Body image
Mental picture you have of yourself
Vegetarian
A person who eats mostly or only plant foods
Dietary supplements
A non food form of one or more nutrients
Rehydration
Is the process in which you restore lost body fluids
What are two health concequencss to anorexia
- a decrease in body fat
- stop menstration
- loss of bone density
Two Belarus concequencss of buluimia
- kidney damage
- damage tithe stomach tissue
Three side effects of taking anabolistic steroids
Acne breast reduction heart attacks
Best types of foods to eat before competition
Pasta rice veggies foods with lots if carbs
