2025-2026 SERIES
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU
COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| GRADED
AND THE LATEST SERIES
Identify ways that nutrition affects health
Ans: 4 leading causes of death are directly
related to health: hear disease, cancer,
strokes, diabetes
Others related to health: dental and bone diseases
Question: essential nutrients
Ans: nutrients body cannot make itself
Question: 6 major essential nutrients
Ans:
Carbohydrates
protein fat
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
THE LATEST SERIES
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
vitamins
minerals
water
Question: Carbohydrates role in body
-4cal/g
-energy-yielding nutrient
-2 groups: simple & complex
Simple: sugars Complex: starch & dietary fiber
-energy used first to fuel muscles and brain
-(45-65% of calories should come from carbohydrates
-sources: grain products such as breads, cereals, pasta
and rice as well as fruits and vegetables
Question: What does SOLUBLE fiber (a carbohydrate) do?
Ans: -fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, brown rice, oats,
barley, rice brans
-lowers blood cholesterol and helps to control blood
sugar levels while providing very little energy
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
THE LATEST SERIES
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
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Question: What does INSOLUBLE fiber (a carbohydrate) do?
Ans: -wheat & corn bran, whole grain breads and
cereals, vegetables, fruit skins, nuts
-don't provide any calories
-helps alleviate digestive disorders like constipation or
diverticulitis and may prevent colon cancer
Question: Proteins role in the body
-4cal/g broken down into
amino acids by the digestive
system
amino acids are then used for building and repairing
muscles, red blood cells, hair
and other tissues, and for making hormones
-adequate protein intake is important for healthy
immune system
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
-Because protein is a source of calories it will be used
for energy if not enough carbohydrate is available
-sources: animal products-meat, fish, poultry, milk,
cheese, eggs. vegetable sourceslegumes(beans, lentils,
dried peas, nuts) and seeds
Question: Fat's role in the body
Ans: -9 kcal/g
-energy-yielding nutrient
-includes mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats
-Higher in saturated fat: animal-based foods- meats and
milk products
-higher in unsaturated fats: vegetable oils
-Fat maintains skin and hair, cushions vital organs,
provides insulation, and is necessary for the production
and absorption of certain vitamins and hormones
-no more than 30% calories as fat
-no more than 10% calories as unsaturated fat
Question: Vitamins role in body
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
THE LATEST SERIES
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU
COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
| GRADED
AND THE LATEST SERIES
Identify ways that nutrition affects health
Ans: 4 leading causes of death are directly
related to health: hear disease, cancer,
strokes, diabetes
Others related to health: dental and bone diseases
Question: essential nutrients
Ans: nutrients body cannot make itself
Question: 6 major essential nutrients
Ans:
Carbohydrates
protein fat
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
THE LATEST SERIES
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
vitamins
minerals
water
Question: Carbohydrates role in body
-4cal/g
-energy-yielding nutrient
-2 groups: simple & complex
Simple: sugars Complex: starch & dietary fiber
-energy used first to fuel muscles and brain
-(45-65% of calories should come from carbohydrates
-sources: grain products such as breads, cereals, pasta
and rice as well as fruits and vegetables
Question: What does SOLUBLE fiber (a carbohydrate) do?
Ans: -fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, brown rice, oats,
barley, rice brans
-lowers blood cholesterol and helps to control blood
sugar levels while providing very little energy
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
THE LATEST SERIES
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
-
-
Question: What does INSOLUBLE fiber (a carbohydrate) do?
Ans: -wheat & corn bran, whole grain breads and
cereals, vegetables, fruit skins, nuts
-don't provide any calories
-helps alleviate digestive disorders like constipation or
diverticulitis and may prevent colon cancer
Question: Proteins role in the body
-4cal/g broken down into
amino acids by the digestive
system
amino acids are then used for building and repairing
muscles, red blood cells, hair
and other tissues, and for making hormones
-adequate protein intake is important for healthy
immune system
, 2025-2026 SERIES
Ans:
-Because protein is a source of calories it will be used
for energy if not enough carbohydrate is available
-sources: animal products-meat, fish, poultry, milk,
cheese, eggs. vegetable sourceslegumes(beans, lentils,
dried peas, nuts) and seeds
Question: Fat's role in the body
Ans: -9 kcal/g
-energy-yielding nutrient
-includes mixture of saturated and unsaturated fats
-Higher in saturated fat: animal-based foods- meats and
milk products
-higher in unsaturated fats: vegetable oils
-Fat maintains skin and hair, cushions vital organs,
provides insulation, and is necessary for the production
and absorption of certain vitamins and hormones
-no more than 30% calories as fat
-no more than 10% calories as unsaturated fat
Question: Vitamins role in body
NUTRITION NDFS 100 EXAM 1 BYU COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED AND
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