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Nutrition correct answer: Study of how food nourishes the body Ingestion correct answer: Taking a food into the digestive tract Mastication correct answer: Chewing Deglutition correct answer: Swallowing Peristalsis correct answer: Serial contraction of the smooth muscles of the GI tract Absorption correct answer: End process of digestion through in the small and large intestines into the blood an lymph system Metabolism correct answer: Conversion of nutrients into energy Excretion correct answer: Process of elimination Macro-nutrients correct answer: Provide energy carbs, proteins, & fats Micro-nutrients correct answer: Vitamins and minerals Resting energy expenditure (REE) correct answer: Amount of energy required to maintain basic body function
Basal metabolic rate correct answer: Rte body metabolizes food to maintain the energy requirements of a person Ideal body weight correct answer: Weight recommended for optimal health Body Mass Index (BMI) correct answer: Reliable indicator of healthy weight normal 20-25 bmi Caloric value correct answer: amount of energy that nutrients or food supply the body Water correct answer: Most important nutrient Functions of water correct answer: Solvent, transporter, regulator, lubricant, hydrolysis The 4 ways the body looses water correct answer: Urine, feces, perspiration, respiration Signs of water deficiency correct answer: profuse sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, hemorrage, wound drainage (burns), fever, edema Dehydration correct answer: Deficiency of water Carbohydrates correct answer: Made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen Primary source of energy Stored in body as gycogen or fat
Incomplete protein correct answer: Has one or more essential amino acids missing Essential amino Acids correct answer: Cannot be made by the body Non-essential amino acids correct answer: Those that the body makes Anabolism correct answer: Building tissue Catabolism correct answer: Breaking down tissue Signs of deficiency of protein correct answer: Muscle wasting, edema, lethargy, & depression Vitamins correct answer: Organic compounds Required in the diet in a small amount Fat soluble vitamins correct answer: A (retinol), D (cholecalciferol, E (tocopheral), K (menadione) Not affected by cooking Water soluble vitamins correct answer: Ascorbic acid, B complex, B1, B2, niacin, B6, B12, folic acid, & biotin Lost in cooking water Signs of Vit A deficiency correct answer: Night blindness, dry scaling skin, suscetibilty to infection
Signs of Vit D deficiency correct answer: Rickets, Ostemalacia in adults. Signs of Vit E deficiency correct answer: Anemia Signs of Vit K deficiency correct answer: severe bleeding on injury, internal hemorrhage Signs of Vit B1 deficiency correct answer: Beriberi/nerve damage Signs of Vit B2 deficiency correct answer: Skin lesions Signs of Vit B3 deficiency correct answer: Diarrhea, dermatitis, & dementia Signs of Vit B6 deficiency correct answer: nerve & muscular problems, depression, confusion, weakness, & convulsions Signs of Vit B9 deficiency correct answer: Megaloblastic anemia, GI disturbance Signs of Vit B12 deficiency correct answer: Megaloblastic anemia, pernicious anemia, & neuropathy Signs of Asorbic acid deficiency correct answer: Scurvy, petechiae, & weakness Minerals correct answer: Part of all body cells Components of enzymes, hormones, blood, and other vital body compounds
