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Nutrition
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02/03/2013

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What are the six classes of Nutrients?
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Carbohydrates, Lipids(fats), Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
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What nutrients are Organic (cantain carbon)?
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Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Vitamins
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What nutrients are Inorganic (no carbon)?
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Water and minerals
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What nutrients produce ATP?
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Carbohydrates, Lipids, Protiens
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What nutrients produce no ATP?
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Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
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What kind of nutrients can not be made in the body and we must get them from food?
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Essential Nurtients
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What kind of nutrients can be made in the body?
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Nonessential nutrients
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Main source of energy
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Carbohydrates
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Major strutural building blocks
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Protein
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Energy storage; synthesis and repair of cell parts.
Definition
Fat
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Solvent; lubricant; medim for transport and temperature regulation.
Definition
Water
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Enable chemical reactions in the body.
Definition
Vitamins
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Aid enzyme function; electrical balance; generate nerve impulses; bone structure.
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Minerals
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Water-soluble Vitamins
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B vitamins and C
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Fat-soluble Vitamins
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A, D, E, and K
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What is the energy from Carbs, lipids, and proteins measure in?
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Kilocalories
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1g carbohydrate provides how many kcal for energy?
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4 kcal
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1g of protein provides how many kcal for energy?
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4 kcal
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1g of lipid provides how many kcal for energy?
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9 kcal
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1g of alcohol provides how many kcal for energy?
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7 kcal
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Lower energy density means...
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Less weight gain
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Higher energy density means...
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More weight gained
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How many calories are in 1 pound of fat?
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3,500
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What nutrient provides glucose?
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Carbohydrates
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What nutrient is a source of energy during rest and sleep?
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Lipids
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What nutrient is the primary source of tisues in muscle, bones, and skin; part of neurotransmitters, the immune system, and enzymes?
Definition
Proteins
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Type of assessment used for Height, weight, and BMI
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Anthropometric
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Type of assessment used on blood, urine, and feces
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Biochemical
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Type of assessment used when observing hair, fingernails, skin, lips, mouth, muscle, joints, overall appearance
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Clinical
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Type of assessment used when getting diet history, diet record, food frequency questionnaire, 24-hour dietary recall.
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Dietary Intake
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Americans eat to much...
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Protein, sugar, sodium, and satturated fat
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Americans eat to little...
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fiber, vitamin A & E, and calcium...due to inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables
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______-diet provides all the essential nutrients, fiber, and energy.
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Adequacy
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______-diet provides the correct proprtion of nutrients, not eating too much of one type of food.
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Balance
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_______-diet contains a mixture of different food groups and foods with each.
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Variety
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_______-diet providdes reasonable but not excessive amounts or foods an nutrients.
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Moderation
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Foods high in in nutrients and low in calories are called
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Nutrient-dense foods
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Foods that are high in calories but low in weight are called
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High energy-dense foods
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Foods that are low in calories but are high in weight are called
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Low energy-dense foods
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A woman fist represents a portion of
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1 cup of pasta or vegetables
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A woman's palm is approximately
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3 onces of cooked meat, fish, or chicken
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Choose foods that are
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low in salt and high in potassium
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Which types of fat should you choose?
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monounsaturated and polyunsaturated
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USDA assigns foods to 5 major groups.  What are they?
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Fruits, vegetables, grains, meat and legumes, and milk
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Have nutrients added back
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Enriched
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Have nutrients added that were not part of the original food.
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Fortified
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What percentage of your grains should be whole grains?
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50%
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What percentage of your diet should be carbohydrates?
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40-65%
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What percentage of your diet should be lipids?
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20-35%
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What percentage of your diet should be proteins?
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10-35%
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Ingredients on food packages are listed in
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descending order by weight
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Foods are considered to be high in a nutrient if the daily value is
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greater than 20%
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Foods are considered to be low in that nutrient if the DV is
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less than 5%
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"Good source of" means
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food provides 10-19% DV
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"More", "Added", "Extra", or "Plus" means
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Food provides 10% of DV
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"Lean" means
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Food contains less than 10g of fat, 4.5g or less of saturated fat, and less 95mg of cholesterol
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"Extra Lean" means
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5g of fat, less than 2g of saturated fat.
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"Healthy" mean
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Low in fat and saturated fat; limited in cholesterol content; sodium content can't exceed 360mg; contains 10% of the DV of one or more of vitamins and C, iron, calcium, protein, or fiber
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Gastrointestinal Tract major organs
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mouth, esophagus, stomach, small & large intestine
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(GI) tract accessory ograns
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liver, pancreas, gallbladder
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Food Passageway:
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Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestin, rectum, and anus
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Breakdown of compounds using water is called
Definition
Hydrolysis
Term
Organic catalysts that increase the rate of reaction are called
Definition
enzymes
Term
Specific nutrients that enzyme works on are called
Definition
Substrate
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When water is added to a protein is breaks down into
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Amino acid
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When water is added to a carbohydrate is breaks down to
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Simple sugar
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Water is added to lipid the glycerol breaks down into
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Fatty acid
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Digestion in the mouth involves
Definition
Mastification (chewing), saliva, stimualtion of taste buds, and swallowing.
Term
What contains the enzyme amylase, which begins the digestion of carbohydrates?
Definition
Saliva
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During swallowing what closes the larynx/trachea to the lungs?
Definition
epiglottis
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After swallowing the food is called a
Definition
bolus
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The tube that leads from the mouth to the stomach with upper and lower sphincter muscles is called
Definition
Esophagus
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The muscular contractions that propel the food forward throught the GI tract is called
Definition
Peristalsis
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What breaks down food into smaller pieces through back and forth movement?
Definition
Segmentation
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Digestion of proteins begins in the
Definition
stomach
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The stomach secretes
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hydrochloric acid (HCI)
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HCI activates what enzyme in the stomach?
Definition
Pepsin
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What secretes mucus which protects the stomach lining from the hydrochloric acid
Definition
Goblet cell
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What is the semi-liquid mass leaving the stomach called
Definition
Chyme
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What does enzymes and bicarbonate do regaurding pH?
Definition
Make neurtal so small intestine does not get hurt.
Term
Where does digestion and absorption of most nutrients occur
Definition
Small Intestine
Term
What is the first part of the small intestine that receives pancreatic enzymes, bicarbonate, and bile?
Definition
Duodenum
Term
Where does digestion of lipids begin?
Definition
In the duodenum of the small intestine
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What does bile do?
Definition
Emulsifies lipids (harshly breaks down)
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Where is bile produced and then stores?
Definition
Produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder
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What does bile contain?
Definition
Cholesterol, bile salts, and pigments
Term
What increases the surface area for absorption of nutrients in the small intestine?
Definition
Villi and Microvilli
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Process of moving nutrients from the GI tract into the bloodstream is called
Definition
Absorption
Term
What required energy to move molecules (nutrients) from a low to a high concentration
Definition

Active Transport

ex: glucose and amino acids

Term
Requires no energy to move molecules from a high to a low concentration
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Passive transport
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When molecules move directly through, this is called?
Definition
Diffusion
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What is it called when a protein carrier helps molecules across

ex: fructose

Definition
Facilitated diffusion
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Nutrients that go to the circulatory system, liver, and then to the cells are called
Definition
Water-soluble nutrients
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Nutrients that go to the lymphatic system, bypass the liver at first, circulatory system, and then to the body cells are called
Definition
Fat-soluble nutrients
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Absorbs water and the eletrolytes sodium, potassium, and chloride.
Definition
Large Intestine
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Passes feces to the rectum
Definition
Large intestine
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First organ to receive absorbed nutrients, carbohydrate metabolism, produces protiens, manufactures bile, alcohol metabolism, removes toxins, and degrades excess hormones.
Definition
Liver
Term
Stores bile, releases bile into small intestine for lipid digestion.
Definition
Gallbladder
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Releases hormones to maintain blood glucose levels, secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine.
Definition
Pancreas
Term
Erosion of the stomach or duodenum lining caused by the bacteria helicobacter pylori
Definition
Ulcer
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Caused by thick bile, high in cholesterol and low in bile acids, that forms crystal and hardened sludge over time.
Definition
Gallstones
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A gennetic disorder that causes damage to the villi of the small intestine when gluten food are consumed leading to the malabsorption of nutrients
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Celiac Disease
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Ulcers that occur through out the GI tract is called
Definition
Crohn's Disease
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