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What percent of daily calories should come from fats - Answer- 20-35%
What percent of daily calories should come from saturated fats - Answer- less than 10%
The best vegetable oil for lowering the risk of heart disease and stroke - Answer- Olive
oil
The vegetable oil with the most saturated fatty acids - Answer- Coconut oil
Amino acids - Answer- The building blocks of proteins
The 9 essential amino acids - Answer- essential amino acids that make up a complete
protein, none of which are produced by the body
Incomplete proteins usually come from these foods - Answer- most plants proteins
What percent of daily calories should come from protein - Answer- 10-35%
Soluble fiber - Answer- Delays stomach emptying
Insoluble fiber - Answer- Increases fecal bulk and helps prevent constipation
Recommended fiber intake for men - Answer- 38 grams daily
Recommended fiber intake for women - Answer- 25 grams daily
Fat soluble vitamins - Answer- Vitamins A, D, E, K
Water soluble vitamins - Answer- C and B-complex vitamins
The excess is excreted - Answer- what happens when you have too much vitamins
Nutrition - Answer- the science of food and dietary supplements, and how the body uses
them in health and disease
, Protein, fat, carbohydrate, and water - Answer- the macronutrients, important nutrients
needed in relatively large amounts
Vitamins and minerals - Answer- the micronutrients, important nutrients needed in
minute amounts
Protein, fat, and carbohydrate - Answer- 3 macronutrients containing calories
Kilocalories (calories) - Answer- the measure of energy in food
9 calories per gram - Answer- how many calories per gram fat has
4 calories per gram - Answer- how many calories per gram protein and carbohydrates
have
Pancreas - Answer- Makes insulin
Esophagus - Answer- tube going to the stomach, carries food
Trachea - Answer- tube going down to the lungs, carries air and when food blocks this,
perform the heimlich maneuver
Glucose - Answer- Sugar found naturally in fruits
Carbohydrates - Answer- serve as the bodies first source of energy
Simple carbohydrates - Answer- monosaccharides and disaccharides
Complex carbohydrates - Answer- starches and fiber, contain multiple sugar units and
are preferable to simple carbs
Glycogen - Answer- A complex carbohydrate stored in the liver and muscles
Whole grains - Answer- all unprocessed grains, healthier than refined grains
Enriched and Fortified products - Answer- foods that have had the nutrients added back
from when they were removed in processing
Added sugars - Answer- White sugar, brown sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and other
sweeteners added to most processed foods.
FDA - Answer- Food and Drug Administration
USDA - Answer- United States Department of Agriculture