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What is the difference between a diet and a lifestyle?
A diet is short term, a lifestyle is longterm or
overall.
What is an empty calorie?
A calorie that has no nutritional value.
What are the 5 micronutrients?
Nuts, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and beans.
What is the problem with feeding livestock antibiotics?
The antibiotics are in the meat.
What is E-Coli?
A parasite in corn-fed cows.
How does E-Coli get treated?
Sprayed with ammonia.
What is mandatory to maintain a healthy weight?
Exercise and a healthy diet.
How can you tell what ingredient is present in food the most?
It’s the first food in the ingredients list.
What is the lifespan for the average female?
81
What is the lifespan for the average male?
76
Give examples of the 5 micronutrients?
Nut- Walnuts, Fruit- Strawberries, Vegetables- Corn, Seeds- Pumpkin seeds, and Beans- Peanuts.
What are macronutrients?
Everything that is not a micronutrient.
Why is it a bad idea to drink calories?
You can’t tell when you’re full.
Grass is better than corn-fed beef. Why?
Corn beef has 9x more fat.
What causes cirrhosis?
Heavy use of alcohol, and a high-fat diet.
What are 2 problems with spraying food with chemicals?
Chemicals are dangerous when we eat them, and they can get into groundwater.
Why is High fructose syrup bad?
It contains sulfuric acid.
What is the calories needed for the average 14-year-old female?
1,800-2,400
What is the calories needed for the average 14-year-old male?
2,400-2,800
How many pieces of bread are in the average bagel?
5
How large is a serving meat, in ounces and what does it look like?
3 oz. and a deck of cards.
Define Obesity?
Having excess body fat.
What is cirrhosis?
Scarring of the liver.
What organ is affected by diabetes?
Pancreas