The Role of Nutrition in our health (correct
answers)
Nutrition: correct answers
A science that studies on how food nourishes our bodies and affects our health and it is
a national goal to promote optimal health and disease prevention.
Food: correct answers
The animals and plants we consume
Chronic Disease: correct answers
A disease characterized as onset and long duration, with signs and symptoms that are
difficult to interpret and which respond poorly to medical treatment
Wellness: correct answers
A multidimensional life-long process that includes physical emotional, and spiritual
health
Nutrients: correct answers
Chemicals taken from food for human growth and function
Carbohydrate correct answers
A primary source of energy for the body
Organic: correct answers
Substances or nutrients containing Carbon
Nutrients w/ carbon: correct answers
Carbohydrates, Lipids, protein and vitamins.
Six nutrients: correct answers
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water
Calorie: correct answers
A unit of the energy supplied by food
Inorganic: correct answers
Substances or nutrients not containing Carbon
Diseases with strong nutritional component: correct answers
Type 2 diabetes, Heart disease, High Blood pressure, Obesity.
Macronutrients: correct answers
Nutrients that the body requires in relatively large amounts to support normal function
and health. Carbohydrates, Lipids, proteins.
, Lipids: correct answers
A diverse group of organic substances that insoluble in water; includes triglycerides,
phospholipids, and sterols
Vitamins: correct answers
Organic Compounds that assist in regulating physiologic processes, critical in building
and maintaining healthy bones and tissues, support immune system, ensure healthy
vision, DO NOT supply energy to our bodies
Protein: correct answers
The Only macronutrient that contains nitrogen; the basic building blocks of protein are
amino acids
Two types of Vitamins: correct answers
Fat Soluble and Water Soluble
Fat Soluble Features: correct answers
Soluble in fat, Stored in the human body
(Vitamins A, D, E and K)
Water Soluble Features: correct answers
Soluble in water, not stored to any extent in the human body (Vitamins C, and almost all
B)
Minerals correct answers Inorganic substances that are not broken down during
digestion and absorption and are not destroyed by heat or light.
Functions of Minerals: correct answers
Responsible in the regulation of many body processes and are classified as major
minerals or trace minerals
Major Minerals: correct answers
Needed in amounts greater than 100 mg/day in our diets (calcium, Phosphorus, sodium,
potassium, chloride, magnesium, sulfur)
Trace Minerals: correct answers
Needed in amounts less than 100 mg/day in our diets
(Iron, zinc, copper, manganese, fluoride, chromium, molybdenum, selenium, iodine)
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI): correct answers
A set of nutritional reference values for the United States and Canada that applies to
healthy people.
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) Micro: correct answers
answers)
Nutrition: correct answers
A science that studies on how food nourishes our bodies and affects our health and it is
a national goal to promote optimal health and disease prevention.
Food: correct answers
The animals and plants we consume
Chronic Disease: correct answers
A disease characterized as onset and long duration, with signs and symptoms that are
difficult to interpret and which respond poorly to medical treatment
Wellness: correct answers
A multidimensional life-long process that includes physical emotional, and spiritual
health
Nutrients: correct answers
Chemicals taken from food for human growth and function
Carbohydrate correct answers
A primary source of energy for the body
Organic: correct answers
Substances or nutrients containing Carbon
Nutrients w/ carbon: correct answers
Carbohydrates, Lipids, protein and vitamins.
Six nutrients: correct answers
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water
Calorie: correct answers
A unit of the energy supplied by food
Inorganic: correct answers
Substances or nutrients not containing Carbon
Diseases with strong nutritional component: correct answers
Type 2 diabetes, Heart disease, High Blood pressure, Obesity.
Macronutrients: correct answers
Nutrients that the body requires in relatively large amounts to support normal function
and health. Carbohydrates, Lipids, proteins.
, Lipids: correct answers
A diverse group of organic substances that insoluble in water; includes triglycerides,
phospholipids, and sterols
Vitamins: correct answers
Organic Compounds that assist in regulating physiologic processes, critical in building
and maintaining healthy bones and tissues, support immune system, ensure healthy
vision, DO NOT supply energy to our bodies
Protein: correct answers
The Only macronutrient that contains nitrogen; the basic building blocks of protein are
amino acids
Two types of Vitamins: correct answers
Fat Soluble and Water Soluble
Fat Soluble Features: correct answers
Soluble in fat, Stored in the human body
(Vitamins A, D, E and K)
Water Soluble Features: correct answers
Soluble in water, not stored to any extent in the human body (Vitamins C, and almost all
B)
Minerals correct answers Inorganic substances that are not broken down during
digestion and absorption and are not destroyed by heat or light.
Functions of Minerals: correct answers
Responsible in the regulation of many body processes and are classified as major
minerals or trace minerals
Major Minerals: correct answers
Needed in amounts greater than 100 mg/day in our diets (calcium, Phosphorus, sodium,
potassium, chloride, magnesium, sulfur)
Trace Minerals: correct answers
Needed in amounts less than 100 mg/day in our diets
(Iron, zinc, copper, manganese, fluoride, chromium, molybdenum, selenium, iodine)
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI): correct answers
A set of nutritional reference values for the United States and Canada that applies to
healthy people.
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) Micro: correct answers
