Biomedical Sciences
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1. Calories Body's energy currency
2. Fat A nutrient that is important to the body
3. unsaturated fat Fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one chain double bond within fatty acid
4. saturated fat Fats that are evenly filled out with hydrogen
5. Cholesterol Found in most body tissues
6. Carbohydrates Any of a large group of compounds
7. Fiber Substance formed of such threads
8. Sugar Sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants
9. Protein Dietary components
10. High Fructose Common sweetener
corn syrup
11. hydrogenated When you add hydrogen to the liquid vegetable oil
vegetable oil
12. vitamins Organic compounds - essential for normal growth
13. minerals Relevant to human nutrition
14. Atom The smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone in in combination
15. Calorie The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g water by 1Ë C.
the Calorie (with a capital C), usually used to indicate the energy content of food,
is a kilocalorie.
16. Chemical bond
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ajs7v
1. Calories Body's energy currency
2. Fat A nutrient that is important to the body
3. unsaturated fat Fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one chain double bond within fatty acid
4. saturated fat Fats that are evenly filled out with hydrogen
5. Cholesterol Found in most body tissues
6. Carbohydrates Any of a large group of compounds
7. Fiber Substance formed of such threads
8. Sugar Sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants
9. Protein Dietary components
10. High Fructose Common sweetener
corn syrup
11. hydrogenated When you add hydrogen to the liquid vegetable oil
vegetable oil
12. vitamins Organic compounds - essential for normal growth
13. minerals Relevant to human nutrition
14. Atom The smallest particle of an element that can exist either alone in in combination
15. Calorie The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g water by 1Ë C.
the Calorie (with a capital C), usually used to indicate the energy content of food,
is a kilocalorie.
16. Chemical bond
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