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1. factors affecting hydration - ANSWER ✓ exercise,
temperature, consumption of fruit & veg
2. effect of chronic dehydration - ANSWER ✓
inflammation, toxicity, disease, death
3. how to balance cholesterol - ANSWER ✓ exercise, fibre,
plant foods
4. cholesterol and plaque - ANSWER ✓ VCD is not caused
by dietary cholesterol, rather oxidized cholesterol in
blood causes plaque
,5. fat metabolism - ANSWER ✓ mouth fat seperation >
stomach gastric lipase breaks lipids from protein and
CHO > GB bile in SI to emulsify fat + pancreatic lipase
6. what are essential fatty acids? - ANSWER ✓ 2 fatty
acids that can not be made in the body and must be
found in the diet. Omega-6 Linoleic acid: Sesame oil,
nuts and Omega-3 AlphaLinoleic Acid found in fatty fish
such as salmon
7. our bodies are approximately XX% water - ANSWER ✓
60%
8. what are vitamins? - ANSWER ✓ micronutrients, most
cannot be made in the body > do not provide energy but
act as co-enzymes > essential for growth and vitality
9. which vitamins can be made in the body? - ANSWER ✓
some Vit B and Vit K
10. What are the fat solubel vitamins? - ANSWER ✓ Vit:
KADE > found in lipids of plants and animals > stored in
body (too much toxic)
, 11. What are the water soluble Vits? - ANSWER ✓ C, B-
Complex > Sensitive to heat, light and time
12. Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) - ANSWER ✓
meets the needs of 50% of healthy individuals
13. Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - ANSWER
✓ meets the needs of 97% of healthy individuals
14. Tolerable Upper Level - ANSWER ✓ highest amount
without causing adverse health effects
15. What is chelated? - ANSWER ✓ minerals bound to
another molecule to increase absorption
16. What are minerals? - ANSWER ✓ minerals are the
ash that is left behind after plants \ animals burned >
basic elements of all matter
17. Most abundant minerals in the body - ANSWER ✓
CA, P in the bones