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Nutrients Basics
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health-and-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Promotes growth - promotes health skin & hair - helps eyes adjust to darkness - helps body resist infection - (dairy products - SPINACH - carrots - pumpkin - winter squash cantaloupe peaches - ect.)
65
Vitamin B-6
Vitamin A
starches
2. About 20 - 9 essential (one's your body cannot make)
amino acids
healthy bones
caffeine
dietary fiber
3. Helps blood clot - (SPINACH - wheat bran - wheat germ - some fruits - egg yolks - liver)
dietary fiber
Vitamin K
biotin
Riboflavin
4. Gives meals texture and flavor - slows down digestive system which makes you feel fuller longer
fat as a food
2-3
Vitamin B-6
electrolytes
5. Doesn't break down absorbs water and becomes bulky --> regular bowel movements (whole wheat grain products - vegetable / fruit skins)
insoluble fiber
vitamins
saturated fat
phosphorus
6. Major minerals that work together to maintain fluid balance - potassium - sodium - chloride
Pantothenic acid
saturated fat
electrolytes
niacin
7. Helps heart to work properly (whole grain bread - vegetables - meat - organ meats - fish - shellfish)
Selenium
water
Vitamin E
major minerals
8. Supplies energy - promotes healthy skin and normal growth - carries fat soluble vitamins - cushions organs
water soluble vitamins
starches
major minerals
fat as a nutrient
9. Vitamin B - converstion of fats - carbs - and protein into energy
Vitamin B-12
niacin
biotin
Vitamin K
10. Needed in large amounts - calcium - phosphorus - magnesium
amino acids
electrolytes
major minerals
Vitamin K
11. 4 calories per gram - helps body grow - repair itself - and fight disease - too much _____ is stored as fat - (meat poultry - eggs - and dairy products) - (dry beans - peas - nuts - grains)
water
calcium
vitamins
protein
12. Vitamin B - synthesis of fat - glycogen - and amino acids
Vitamin B-6
Fluoride
9
biotin
13. Vitamin B - energy metabolism - maintenence of skin - mucous membranes - and nervous system structures
Riboflavin
biotin
Vitamin D
electrolytes
14. Helps protect the body from cell damage - Vitamins A - C - E - B - (fruits - vegetables - whole grain breads and cereals - nuts)
fat soluble vitamins
protein
antioxidant
fat soluble vitamins
15. Solid at room temp - animal sources - (butter - fats in meat - poultry and dairy)
Vitamin C
folate
caffeine
saturated fat
16. We lose ___ quarts of water every day - need to drink 2 quarts (8 cups) of fluid each day
Sodium - Chloride and Potassium
magnesium
2-3
antioxidant
17. Helps prevent tooth decay by strengthening teeth (some added to water - toothpaste)
Fluoride
water soluble vitamins
saturated fat
65
18. Calories per gram in carbs
4
Vitamin A
vitamins
amino acids
19. Helps build and renew hemoglobin to carry oxygen to cells - (meat poultry fish and dairy - dry beans and peas - SPINACH - dried fruits - enriched grains)
amino acids
Iron
fat as a food
biotin
20. Helps build strong bones and teeth - enhances calcium absorption - (fortified milk - egg yolk - salmon - mackerel - liver - produced from sunlight)
trace minerals
soluble fiber
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
21. Has all 9 essential amino acids - almost all animal sources - (meat poultry - eggs - and dairy products)
Fluoride
insoluble fiber
complete protein
Vitamin B
22. Takes water out of the body
biotin
niacin
soluble fiber
caffeine
23. Solid at room temp - animal sources - (butter - fats in meat - poultry and dairy)
caffeine
Pantothenic acid
9
saturated fat
24. Helps heart to work properly (whole grain bread - vegetables - meat - organ meats - fish - shellfish)
Fluoride
Selenium
Thiamin
incomplete protein
25. Helps digestive track work properly may protect body from heart disease and cancer
2-3
trace minerals
folate
dietary fiber
26. Biotin - folate - niacin - pantothenic acid - riboflavin - thaimin - Vitamin B-6 - Vitamin B-12 (encriches and whole grain breads and cereals - dairy products - eggs - fruits and vegetables - lean pork - meat - poultry and fish - dry beans - peas - n
65
incomplete protein
saturated fat
Vitamin B
27. Supplies energy - promotes healthy skin and normal growth - carries fat soluble vitamins - cushions organs
antioxidant
starches
fat as a nutrient
Vitamin B-6
28. Build body tissue - regulate body processes - help other nutrients do their jobs - body cannot make energy without vitamins
healthy bones
unsaturated fat
vitamins
niacin
29. Mono or disaccharides (apple - twinkie - milk - ect)
starches
dietary fiber
Fluoride
simple carbs
30. Vitamin B - metabolism of fats - carbs - and proteins
Zinc
calcium
Pantothenic acid
folate
31. Blood is __% water
minerals
saturated fat
Vitamin A
80
32. Vitamin B - metabolism of fats - carbs - and proteins
Selenium
Pantothenic acid
Vitamin B-12
Vitamin B-6
33. Blood is __% water
80
soluble fiber
electrolytes
biotin
34. Help maintain the bodys balance of fluid - help with muscle and nerve action - Sodium and Chloride (salt) - Potassium (bananas - grapefruit - vegetables - meat - poultry - fish - dry beans - peas - dairy product)
Sodium - Chloride and Potassium
80
starches
Thiamin
35. Promotes growth - promotes health skin & hair - helps eyes adjust to darkness - helps body resist infection - (dairy products - SPINACH - carrots - pumpkin - winter squash cantaloupe peaches - ect.)
Iodine
magnesium
complex carbs
Vitamin A
36. Calories per gram in fat
antioxidant
biotin
9
insoluble fiber
37. Responsible for body's use of energy (saltwater fish - iodized salt)
healthy bones
Iodine
soluble fiber
saturated fat
38. Absorbic acids - increases resistance to infection - maintains healthy teeth and gums - helps wounds heal - keeps blood vessels healthy - (citrus fruits - cantaloupes - green peppers - strawberries - kiwi - mangoes - potatoes - broccoli - cabbage)
Vitamin C
healthy blood
folate
vitamins that can be produced in the body
39. Vitamin B - energy metabolism - maintenence of skin - mucous membranes - and nervous system structures
Vitamin E
Vitamin B-12
Riboflavin
saturated fat
40. CB - dissolve in water - not stored in body so excess is excreted in urine - too much is bad because kidneys work too hard to remove them
Sodium - Chloride and Potassium
complete protein
Vitamin E
water soluble vitamins
41. ADEK - dissolve in fat - are stored in fat and liver - too much is toxic
incomplete protein
Fluoride
water
fat soluble vitamins
42. Helps protect the body from cell damage - Vitamins A - C - E - B - (fruits - vegetables - whole grain breads and cereals - nuts)
major minerals
Vitamin B
antioxidant
soluble fiber
43. Absorbic acids - increases resistance to infection - maintains healthy teeth and gums - helps wounds heal - keeps blood vessels healthy - (citrus fruits - cantaloupes - green peppers - strawberries - kiwi - mangoes - potatoes - broccoli - cabbage)
major minerals
antioxidant
biotin
Vitamin C
44. Dont has all essential amino acids - (rice & beans - peanut butter & jelly sandwich)
starches
4
electrolytes
incomplete protein
45. CB - dissolve in water - not stored in body so excess is excreted in urine - too much is bad because kidneys work too hard to remove them
water soluble vitamins
calcium
fat soluble vitamins
Pantothenic acid
46. ADEK - dissolve in fat - are stored in fat and liver - too much is toxic
trace minerals
fat soluble vitamins
healthy blood
healthy bones
47. Promote good health - regulate body processes - are part of blood - teeth - and bones - major minerals - electrolytes - trace minerals
minerals
starches
Iodine
protein
48. Helps build and renew hemoglobin to carry oxygen to cells - (meat poultry fish and dairy - dry beans and peas - SPINACH - dried fruits - enriched grains)
Iron
minerals
Iodine
Vitamin C
49. Dissolves in water thickens stomach contents (oat products - beans - ect.)
soluble fiber
dietary fiber
water soluble vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
50. Body is ___% water
magnesium
65
minerals
complete protein
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