Nutrients Flashcards by Teniqueka Thomas

What is malnutrition?

Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not eating, not eating the right things.

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What is undernutrition?

Insufficient intake of energy and nutrients to meet an individual need to maintain good health

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What is overnutition?

A form of malnutrition this is when you intake too much nutrients, which leads up to body fat.

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What is a balanced diet?

A balanced diet contains all of the nutrients and the right amount of nutrients in a body.

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What is nutritional status?

The state of the body resulting from the intake and use of nutrients or the condition of health as it relates to the intake and use of food by the body.

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List the methods of nutritional assessment?

Anthropomertic
Biochemical
Clinical
Dietary
Epidemilogical Data

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What is the Anthropometric?

It is the most frequently used method to assess the nutritional status of individual or groups.

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What is Biochemical?

Its a nutritional assessment test that test body fluids to check for nutrients deficiencies or imbalanced.

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What is Clinical?

It involves evaluation a person’s health, medical history and dietary habits to identify nutritional deficiencies or needs.

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What is Dietary?

It examines a person’s food intake and eating habits to determine their nutritional adequacy and identify any potential deficiencies.

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What is Epidemiological Data?

Uses a population based data to analyze the relationship btw diet, nutrition and health outcomes across large group of ppl.

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What is the scientific name for vitamin A?

Refinol

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What is the scientific name for vitamin D?

Calcioferol

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What is the scientific name for vitamin E?

Alpha- to copherl or tocopherl

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What is the scientific name for vitamin K?

Phylloquinone

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What is the scientific name for vitamin C?

Ascorbic Acid

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What is the scientific name for vitamin B1?

Thiamine

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What is the scientific name for vitamin B2?

Riboflavin

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What is the scientific name for vitamin B3?

Niacin or Nicotinic Acid

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What is the scientific name for vitamin B12?

Cobalamin

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List some classification of carbohydrates?

*Monosaccharids
*Disaccharides
*Polysaccaharides

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What is Monosaccharids?

Simple Sugar

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Examples of Monosaccharids?

*Glucose
*Fructose
*Galactose

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What is Disaccharides?

Double Sugar

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List some examples Disaccharides?

*Sucrose *Maltose *Lactose

What is Polysaccaharides?

formed from a number of momasaccharides?

List some examples of Polysaccaharides?

*Starch *Dictory Fibre *Glycogen

List some classification of protein?

*HBV (Primary sources of protein) *LBV (incomplete second class source of protein)

HBV?

Food from animal

LVB?

Plant base protein

HBV except?

soya beans

LBV except?

Gellatin

HVB food kind?

pork, chicken , beef etc

LVB food kind?

beans, peas, nuts

Effects of heat on Protein?

When heat in applied to protein it charges from a liquid/ semi solid state to semi- solid/ Solid State.

Effects of heat on protein word?

Coagulation

Effects of heat on fats?

When heat is applied to solid fat it melts. Further heating causes the fat to smoke flash point.

Effects of heat on Carbohydrates word?

Dextrinization

Effects of heat on Carbohydrates word?

When dry heat is appiled to starch items: Toast Bread

Gelatinization?

Is when moist heat is applied to ceral growns causing it to burst & multiply which forms gel like substances and cause substance which cause it to thickens.

Gelatinization examples?

porridge (cornmeal oat meal)

What is Health?

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. .

Nutrition?

The study of nutrients and their relationship with food and living things.

Nutrients?

Chemical substances found in food which enables the body to function.

What is the function of vitamin A/ Retinol?

For growth night vision

List some sources of Vitamin A?

Carrot, Pumpkin, Papaya

What is the deficiency disease for V-A?

Night blindness

What is the function of Vitamin D?

for the absorption of calcuim and phosphorus in the bones teeth.

What is the sources of vitamin D?

Oily fish, mackerel salmon

What is deficiency disease?

Rickets in children & Osteomalacia in adults.

What is the function of vitamin E?

help the body to use vitamin k & keep the immune system strong

What is function of vitamin?

For blood clotting and the building of bones

List some sources of vitamin k?

green leafy vegetable

List some sources in Vitaamin E?

Avocado, nuts

What is function of vitamin B1?

to release energy from carbohydrate and healthy nerves

List some source of vitamin B1?

Beans, Yogurt

What is the deficiency disease of vitamin B1?

Beri Beri

What is another name for Vitamin B2?

To maintain healthy skin around the nose and mouth

List the source of Vitamin B2?

Diary milk, salmon

What is deficiency disease vitamin B2?

swollen cracked skin around mouth corner and tongue

What is the function of vitamin B3?

to keep the skin and digestive tract healthy

List some sources of Vitamin B3?

Veast Products

What is the dieficiency Disease?

Pellagra

What is the function of Vitamin B12?

The formation of blood

List some sources of the vitamin B12?

meat, fish, cheese, milk

What is the function vitamin C?

Help resist infections, assists inhealing of wounds

List some sources at vitamin C?

oranges, cherries, tangerines

What is the deficiency disease?

Scurvy

What is the function of Iron?

Make red cells

List some sources of iron?

liver,red meat, green leafy veggie

What is deficrency disease of iron?

anaemia

What is the function of calcium?

builds bones ad teeth

List some sources of calcium?

milk/ milk products

What is a deficiency disease?

Ricketts in children and osteoporosis in adults

What is the function of flourine?

Helps from strong decay resistants teeth

List some source of flourine?

toothpaste

What is feficiency disease of flourine?

extreme tooth decay

Amino acid are the building blocks of _____?

Protein

What are the two types of protein?

Essential & Non- essential

What is essential?

Amino acids (obtained from food)

What is Non- essential?

Amino acids (made by the body)

List some chemical elements in protein?

*Oxygen *Hydrogen *Sulphur *Carbon *Phosphorus *Nitrogen *Iron

Function of the protein?

*builds and repair body tissues *Growth and development of the body.

List chemical elements in fat?

*Oxygen *Hydrogen *Carbon

List the function of fat?

*Supplies a concentrated source of energy. *Surrounds and protects certain vital kidney, glands..organs, e.g. *Supplies fat soluble vitamin

What are the 2 types of classification in Fats?

Unsaturated Saturated

What is Saturated fatty acids?

Mainly from animals sources usually solid at room temperature expect coconut oil.

What is Unsaturated fatty acid?

Mainly from plant sources usually liquid at room temperature.

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