SAS#3 Flashcards
Is one of the basic tools in nutrition and diet therapy. it is used in meal and estimating the energy and micronutrients of normal and therapeutic diet
FOOD EXCHANGE LIST
Way of grouping foods together to help people on special diets stay on track
EXCHANGE LIST
A person can exchange trade or substitute of food serving in one group for another food serving in the same group. This list put foods into 6 groups:
STARCH OR BREAD
MEAT
FRUITS
VEGETABLE
FATS
MILK
Within a food group, when serving of each food item in that group has about the same amount of
CARBOHYDRATES
PROTEIN
FAT
CALORIES
Organic compound of carbon hydrogen and oxygen
CARBOHYDRATES
Three sizes of carbohydrates
MONOSACCHARIDES
DISACCHARIDES
POLYSACCHARIDES
Myplate Carbohydrates food sources
GRAINS
VEGETABLES
FRUITS
Organic compound formed by the linking of many smaller molecules of amino acids
PROTEINS
Amino acids are organic compounds made of
CARBON
HYDROGEN OXYGEN
NITROGEN
9 essential amino acids
HISTIDINE
ISOLEUCINE
LEUCINE
LYSINE
METHIONINE
PHENYLALANINE
THREONINE
TRYPTOPHAN
VALINE
Non essential amino acids
ASPARTIC ACID
ARGININE
ASPARAGINE
ALANINE
CYSTEINE
CYSTINE
GLUTAMIC ACID/GLUTAMINE
GLYCINE
PROLINE
SERINE
TYROSINE
Refers to the chemical group called
LIPID
Classification of lipids
TRIGLYCERIDES (fats and oil)
PHOSPHOLIPIDS (lecithins)
STEROLS (cholesterol)
Unit of measurement - but it doesn’t measure weight and length
Unit of energy
CALORIE
Gives your body the nutrients it needs everyday while staying within your daily calorie goal for weight loss
HEALTHY EATING PLAN
