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01/02/2017

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List four fat-soluble vitamins ...
Definition
A, D, E, and K.
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List four fat soluble vitamins:
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A, D, E, and K.
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List three antioxidant vitamins:
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A, C, E
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Vitamins are bundles of enzymes and trace minerals.
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true.
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A healthy body fed healthy food can make all vitamins except vitamin ...
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Vitamin C
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What was the first vitamin to be discovered?
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A
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Which vitamin was promoted by the work of Dr. Linus Pauling?
Definition
Vitamin C
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This vitamin is also known as retinal:
Definition
Vitamin A
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Vitamin B1 is also known as ...
Definition
thiamin
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Vitamin B5 is also known as ..
Definition
pantothenic acid
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This vitamin is needed by pregnant women especially:
Definition
folic acid.
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This vitamin as a lot to do with the blood's ability to clot:
Definition
vitamin K
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Another name for vitamin H is ...
Definition
Biotin
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Inositol helps the body use vitamin ...
Definition
E.
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Vegetarians need to be careful to get enough of these vitamins:
Definition
B12
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Para Amino Benzoic Acid is also known as ...
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PABA
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This vitamin is known as the sunshine vitamin:
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Vitamin D
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This vitamin has a large influence on blood and the circulatory system:
Definition
Vitamin E
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This vitamin's name means "against scurvy"
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Vitamin C
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Cobalamin is also known as
Definition
Vitamin B12
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Folic acid is also known as
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B9
Term
The single greatest deficiency in the U.S. is
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riboflavin
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Pyridoxine is also known as ...
Definition
B6
Term
Name the courage or happy vitamin
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niacin
Term
the metabolizer
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iodine
Term
the decay resister
Definition
fluorine
Term
the relaxer
Definition
magnesium
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the alkalizer
Definition
potassium
Term
the knitter
Definition
calcium
Term
the light bearer
Definition
phosphorus
Term
the magnetic element
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silicon
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the youth element
Definition
sodium
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the heating element
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sulfer
Term
the frisky horse
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iron
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the cleanser
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chlorine
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Helpful with cravings prior to the menstrual cycle ...
Definition
magnesium
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this is the first mineral stripped by an over-acid diet ...
Definition
sodium
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List at least 3 vegetables:
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cauliflower, broccoli, and cucumber
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list at least 3 starches:
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potato, corn, and winter squash
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list at least 3 sweet fruits:
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banana, figs, and dates
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list at least 3 sub-acid fruits:
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apple, peach, nectarines.
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list at least 3 acid fruits:
Definition
lemon, lime, pineapple
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list at least 3 proteins:
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flesh, dairy, eggs.
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movement creates alkaline.
Definition
false.
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melons combine well with other foods.
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false
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vegetables mix well with protein
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true
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carbohydrates mix well with protein
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false
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carbohydrates mix well with vegetables
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true
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water in high amounts helps digestion.
Definition
false
Term
pineapple and ham mix well together.
Definition
false
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the more simple the meal, the better I feel.
Definition
true.
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list the 3 food types:
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carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
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The three food types are all broken down into ...in the bloodstream.
Definition
glucose
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Fats provide more than 8x the calories than starch or protein.
Definition
false.
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table sugar or cane sugar are other names for sucrose.
Definition
true.
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carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Definition
false.
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If a calorie is a unit of heat released as food is metabolized, how much heat does this unit represent?
Definition
1 degree celsius
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fat is soluble
Definition
false
Term
hemicellulose fiber is different from cellulose fiber in what way?
Definition
it is nondigestable
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A fat free diet is the best type of diet.
Definition
false
Term
when a triglyceride molecule breaks down, it releases 3 fatty acid molecules.
Definition
true.
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what are the three types of fats?
Definition
saturated, monunsaturated, polyunsaturated.
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omega 6 is named this because it has 6 double bonds
Definition
false
Term
What is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats?
Definition
Saturated fats are solid at room temperature and can hold no more hydrogens. Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temp. and can hold more hydrogens.
Term
Enzymes are made up of ... polymers
Definition
amino acid
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enzymes act as ... in breaking down foods
Definition
catalysts
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enzymes remain unchanged after breaking down a substance.
Definition
true.
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a flesh protein is a more complete souce of essential amino acids than a vegetable is.
Definition
true.
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What is the difference between an essential and a non-essential amino acid?
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Essential amino acids have to be eaten while non-essential amino acids the body can make.
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there is some arguments about how many essential amino acids there are; however, all agree that there are at least how many?
Definition
8
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amino acids are primarily for energy.
Definition
false
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When an amino acid is used for energy , it must go through a process in the ... and this process is called ...
Definition
liver ... deaminization
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Amino acids can be used as basic building blocks for proteins.
Definition
true
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According to the book, Your health, your choice," we should eat only ...grams of protein per day.
Definition
25-30.
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RDA stands for ...
Definition
recommended daily allowance.
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Pasteurization is heating products to kill all microorganisms that can infect it or cause it to spoil.
Definition
true.
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All the enzymes are left in food during standard processing, so the nutrition level doesn't change.
Definition
false
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Fatty acids attract oxygen, and they can cause foods to spoil faster.
Definition
true.
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The FDA allows fly eggs, rodent hair, aphids, and whole insects to be left in our processed foods.
Definition
true.
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the added expense of food processing generates billions of dollars in profit for food companies.
Definition
true.
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the processing of food reduces its nutritional value.
Definition
true.
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When wheat is made into processed, bleached flour, it loses about 30 nutrients. How many does the FDA require to be put back in?
Definition
4
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During food processing, most all companies replace the nutrients with the best quality vitamins and minerals they can find.
Definition
false.
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list at least 3 types of processing that foods can go through:
Definition
flavoring, coloning, milling.
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