Unit 1 & 2- Study Guide Flashcards
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Protein
Nutrients needed for building body cells and repairing damaged cells.
Carbohydrates
Nutrients that are the body’s most useful source of energy and fiber.
Fats
Nutrients that provide the body with energy and carry certain vitamins into the blood.
Vitamins
Nutrients from living things that control activities of cells and of the body in general.
Nutrients
Substances that your body needs to work and grow well.
Balanced Diet
A variety of foods in meals and snacks in amounts that provide the nutrients needed to stay healthy.
Food Guide Pyramid/MyPlate
A chart showing the number of daily servings from each of the five food groups needed for a balanced diet.
Serving
A single portion of food.
Dietary Guidelines
Suggestions for making healthful food choices that can lower your risk of disease.
Cholesterol
A soft, waxy substance in all your body cells.
Empty Calories
Calories from foods that have a large amount of fats and sugars but few other nutrients.
Additive
A chemical other than basic food, that door manufacturers add during processing.
Enrich
To add nutrients were lost during processing of a food.
Fortify
To add new nutrients to a food.
Preservative
A food additive that keeps food from spoiling quickly
Ingredient
Something that goes into making a food product
Processed
Changed in some way
Eating Disorder
A loss of control over normal eating patterns.
Anorexia Nervosa
An eating disorder in which a person does not eat enough food, resulting in extreme and dangerous loss of weight.
Bulimia
An eating disorder in which a person eats large amounts of food an then does not eat for a time or purges/pukes food out of the body.
Fad Diet
A popular diet that may not be nutritionally sound.
Body Image
A persons view of their own body.
