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Sixth main classes of nutrients includes 3 that provides calories and therefore distribute energy, these 3 are called what?
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Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat |
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Because organic compounds are natural they are also healthy.
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Alcohol, although it contains calories is actually a toxin and not a nutrient.
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To achieve the best nutritional health, begin by doing what?
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Make Nutrient Dense Choices
Balance Food and Physical Activity
Limit Nutrients that increase Health Risks
Keep food safe |
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the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1g of water 1 degree Celsius. |
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Which of the following vegetarian foods is highest in protein, fiber, and iron?
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Food labels list ingredients based on
predominance by weight or volume. (mostly weight) |
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If the
diet is not balanced what might happen?
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You will not be able to grow properly and you will not be able to repair yourself i.e. wounds will not heal properly. If you do not have enough energy containing foods you will feel very tired, you will not have enough energy. If you have too much energy containing foods you will become overweight. If you think that you are overweight you might try taking more exercise to "burn off" some of the excess food which you ate at you last meal. |
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Foods with high nutrients density offer more nutrients at a what?
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Foods LOW in calories and HIGH in nutrients are nutrient dense,
while foods high in calories and low in nutrients are nutrient poor. |
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All energy producing nutrients
can convert to energy in the mitochondria in the form of ATP.
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Good basic recommendations for healthy eating include all except what?
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Make Nutrient Dense Choices
Balance Food and Physical Activity
Limit Nutrients that increase Health Risks
Keep food safe
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Nutritionists recommend that in order to stay healthy it is wise to structure our daily fat intake to include which fat(s)?
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Omega-3, Omega-6
MUFAs and PUFAs
mono unsaturated fatty acids (and poly unsaturated fats, or PUFAs)
instead of saturated fats and trans fats |
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To avoid extreme shifts in
blood glucose level, you should do what?
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Small, frequent meals lo in simple carbs and
high in protein and fiber are recommended. |
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An insufficient amount of glucose in the blood is known as what?
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In general, the best diet for a diabetic person will have what?
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Carbs intake throughout day.
A healthy eating plan for a Diabetic person is a traditional low fat diet. This diet would have a ration of 25-30% fats, 50-55% carbs, and 20% protein. |
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LDL’s are ?? bad for cardiovascular system because they are small and dense in the last octagon. T/F
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LDL: Low density lipoprotein: A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol to cells. Elevated LDL cholesterol increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. |
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It is possible to completely eliminate cholesterol from the blood by eating a cholesterol free diet. T/F
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False
Good cholesterol (HDL High density) Bad cholesterol (LDL low density) |
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The lipo?? protein condition that appears to be associated with lower risk of heart attacks is which one? |
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HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) |
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Which of the following best summarizes the relationship between malnutrition and infection? |
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High protein diets may contribute to what issues? |
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A high-protein diet may cause or worsen liver or kidney problems because your body may already have trouble eliminating all the waste products of protein metabolism. |
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A person’s nutritional needs vary depending on their what? |
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The primary source of all food energy is derived from the what? |
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After the first day or so of fasting, most of the body’s stores of ________ are depleted. |
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The health professional training, the nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and food counseling is a what?
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Splenda is an artificial sweetener made of ______ with added chorines, chorine may interfere with _______ distortion because they are both halogens. T/F |
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LDL’s are the dangerous ?? dense kind; rather the safer, large, fluffy kind where ?? relationship exist. |
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Vegans are vegetarians that meet protein needs from milk and fruit. T/F
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False,
A vegetarian who eats plant products only, especially one who uses no products derived from animals, as fur or leather. |
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Enzymes are catalysts with chemical reactions to the body. They are made out of carbohydrates because catalysts require lots of energy. T/F |
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False. Enzymes are made out of amino acids |
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An eating pattern tying plant fiber, fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes is associated with a decreased risk of chronic disease from almost every cause, including heart disease and cancer. T/F |
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Foods that contain soluble fibers are best to lower cholesterol, regulate blood sugar, and soften the stool because they allow the body to absorb water from other liquidy components in the digestive system. T/F |
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Fat is so light that it floats on water, the other components of the body are much denser and therefore weigh more. T/F |
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A food diary, or 24 hr in-take journal is a good tool to make awareness on the part of eater and show the nutrition counselor possible areas to modify. T/F |
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The enzyme blocked by cholesterol lowering statin drug is called ________? It is significant because it also synthesizes this _______ compound. |
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The compound synthesized in the above question is important because it not only oxygenates the heart muscles, it also repairs changes in mitochondrial DNA. T/F |
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Grouping foods together based on their nutritional content makes them easier to use for weight and blood sugar management for the food ??? T/F
This system is called the _________.
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Diabetes in adult onset may be reversible with lifestyle change and weight loss, as well as sugar reports???. T/F |
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The micro mili of the brush order ???? are damaged when a lactose intolerant person ingest this set of foods?
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The name of the bacteria that causes ulcers that forms ?? mucous membrane lining from the stomach is called what? |
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Helicobacter pylori or H. pylori |
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Saccharin and a acesulfame potassium are sweeter than sugar, can be cooked with and are safe for diabetics. T/F |
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The nutritive sweeteners found in most grains, fruits, and vegetables that undergo natural fermentation as they are broken down by oral bacteria; not directly linked to the development of dental caries but may cause diarrhea if ingested in excessive amounts.
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/sugar-alcohol#ixzz1FISrFuRZ |
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Carbohydrates get their name because they contain carbon, hydrogen, and water in the same proportion as glycogen. T/F |
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Please
name parts of grain in order see diagram:
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Bran: The fiber-rich outer layer that protects the seed and contains B-vitamins and trace minerals
Endosperm: The middle layer that contains carbohydrates and proteins.
Germ: The small nutrient rich core that contains antioxidants, vitamin E, B vitamins and healthy fats.
When grains are milled, or refined, the bran and germ are removed, leaving only the endosperm.
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The food groups that supplies the best energy for movement is which one? |
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Simple sugars includes fruit can taste sweet, complex sugars taste starchy and includes ??? T/F |
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To reinforce monosaccharide innutrition are what, what and what?
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simple carbs... add fiber, protein |
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Lactose consist of which two other sugars? |
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The primary source of energy for the brain and nervous system under normal conditions is what? |
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The ideal food sourcing fuel for the body is which one?
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As some individuals grow older, they might lose the ability to digest this particular sugar? |
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High fiber diets may help reduce the risk of what?
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Carbohydrates are more fattening than protein, and that’s why the Atkins diet works. T/F |
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Cellulose is important in human nutrition because it does what?
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The primary component in oat fiber that helps to reduce cholesterol is called what?
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Most of the world’s carbohydrates are from where? |
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The dietary guidelines that Americans recommend is that we ________ our intake of simple carbohydrates and ________ our intake of complex carbohydrates. |
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A carbohydrate made of many glucose molecules linked in straight or branching chains. The bonds that hold the glucose molecules together can be broken by human digestive systems. |
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Flushes out toxins and makes bowel movements easier. Make sure you drink plenty of water with it otherwise it will not feel good.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_dietary_fiber_do_for_your_body#ixzz1FIVsFKys |
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Refined white sugar is called what?
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When glucose consumption is in excess of body need, what happens to the excess glucose?
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The parts of grains that contribute to the nutrition of whole grain breads and cereals are which ones?
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Carbohydrates are termed protein sparers, an adequate amount of them will do what? |
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Ketones are the preferred fuels for the cells of the brain and nervous system. T/F |
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The best sugar to mature healthy gut bacteria is which one?
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Glycogen is glucose that has been what?
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a carbohydrate made of many glucose molecules linked together in a highly branched structure. it is the storage form of carbs in animals. |
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The part of the pancreas where insulin in made is called what?
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Islets. are made up of several types of cells, including beta cells that make insulin |
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The fatty acids and amino acids are active because they contain what?
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Fats are soluble in water. T/F
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What substance makes up 95% of the lipids in the diet and is what we really mean when we say the word fat?
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Triglycerides (Fats and Oils) |
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Fats belong to a larger chemical classification known as what?
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Compared to carbohydrate, fat is what? |
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Fats make energy available at a slower pace than carbohydrates. On the other hand, gram for gram, fats provide more energy than carbohydrates. |
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Omega-3 fatty acids are important in nutrition because are act as natural anti-inflammatories and help to build protective cross glandins??? T/F |
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Saturated fats are usually what? |
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A fatty acid in which the carbon atoms are bound to as many hydrogen atoms as possible and which therefore contains no carbon-carbon double bonds. When diet is high in saturated fats, liver production of cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins increases and the activity of LDL receptors in the liver is reduced, so that LDL cholesterol cannot be removed from blood. |
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An essential fatty acid is one that does what? |
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A fatty acid that must be consumed in the diet because it cannot be made by the body or cannot be made in sufficient quantities to meet needs. |
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One particular fatty acid is which one?
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Lecithin is a _____ and is found separating egg yolk from egg white, and in soybeans. T/F
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True. Lecithin is a phosphoglyceride composed of a glycerol backbone, two fatty acids, a phosphate group, and a molecule of choline. It is found in eggs and soybeans and is important in the memory center of the brain. |
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Saturated fat is ??? of decreasing blood levels of ______, this is unfortunate because high level of these compounds are associated with what condition?
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??? high blood cholesterol?? |
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Fats can cause a long lasting feeling of ??? after eating because of what?
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in order to travel in blood large lipids must be associated with what?
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Fats in the body are beneficial as what? |
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Nutritional fats provide strength to body, vitality and assist body in absorbing fat-soluble vitamins like vitamin A, D, and E. |
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Excess fats in body are harmful as what? |
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heart disease, cancer, and diabetes |
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Fatty acids are basically long chains of carbon that when saturated are filled with what? |
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substance made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. It is released into the small intestine to aid in fat digestion and absorption |
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Fats include all of the following compounds except which one? |
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contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen |
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Good sources of omega-3 fatty acids include which of the following food? |
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These elements occur both in carbohydrates and fats.
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carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms |
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Poly-unsaturated fats make cell membranes how? |
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This type of fat is the only one the liver can use to make cholesterol, if it is not provided by the diet, the liver can use body storage. |
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Triglycerides consist of what? |
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Which of the following does not contain amino acids?
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When two amino acids are chemically joined together, the resulting structure is called a what? |
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The element found in protein, but not in carbohydrates is called what? |
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The special proteins that inactivate foreign bacteria and viruses are called what?
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Which of the following foods has the best assortment of essential amino acids for the health ??of body. |
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If an essential amino acid requires for the formation of a specific enzyme that’s missing, what will happen? |
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protein synthesis will fall to a very low level or stop altogether. |
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How many essential amino acids are required by the adult human? |
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???Nitrogen, excess protein in the diet, is done what happens to it?
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The function of a protein is determined by its shape which is determined by its the amino acid’s ?? . T/F |
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Protein are most important nutrient because every body’s ?? is made of protein. T/F |
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False. water is most important nutrient |
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The end products of digestion protein are what? |
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Which of the following is the
most practical solution to the problem with insufficient supplies of high quality proteins used in many developing countries?
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Combining
grains and seeds which are low in lysine and high in methionine, with legumes which are high in lysine and low in methionine is called what?
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Soy protein isoflavins will do what? |
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Reduce heart disease in Asian countries. They are estrogen like and affect heart disease risk, reduce symptoms of menopause, prevent bone loss, and treat certain forms of cancer.
Soy is most complete protein on planet (plant) |
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The two most prevalent forms of protein calorie malnutrition in the developing world are what?
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- Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition predominant)
- Marasmus (deficiency in both calorie and protein nutrition)
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The
esophagus is part of the _____ system.
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Nutrients that cannot be synthesized by the body are called what?
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These primary organ of digestion of ???
is filled with what?
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the mouth, pharynx, esophagus , stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anal canal |
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The movement through the organs of the digestive system is ?? what?
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The
liver is the most amazing organ. What does it do?
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secretion ofbile and various metabolic processes. It produces bile, an alkaline compound which aids in digestion via the emulsification of lipids.
detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion. |
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Starches are digested in the mouth and stomach of an adult. T/F
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False.
Mouth,
It is digested by enzymes called amylase (produced by the salivary glands), that turn starch into glucose,
so that it can be easily absorbed by capillaries when the chyme (food leaving the stomach) gets to the small intestine. |
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A
non insulin dependent diabetic usually goes to the doctor the first time because of feeling _______, this type of diabetes is caused mostly from ________ and is actually ________.
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Type 2 diabetes:
Non-insulin
First symptoms of blurry eye vision and foot pain.
It is usually the result of a decrease in the sensitivity of cells to insulin (cells don't respond to present insulin)
Caused by genetic and lifestyle factors.
Caused by metabolic syndrome (obesity, elevated blood pressure, altered blood lipid levels, insulin insensitivity. |
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The
villi are absorption fingers of intestine. T/F
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Healthy teeth gums are just as important for digestion as stomach acid. T/F
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It secretes digestive enzymes and bicarbonate ions into the small intestine during digestion. It also secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon into the body. |
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The digestive system is primarily responsible for which action?
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For the ingestion of food, the digestion and absorption of nutrients and the elimination of food residues; includes the gastroinstestinal tract as well as a number of acessory organs. |
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The easiest to access ?? stored energy in body is called what?
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Glycogen stored ??? on which tissues?
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It is stored on Liver and Muscles.
Glycogen is the storage form of carbohydrates in humans. |
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When the pancreas detects excess glucose, what does it do?
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The body cells responds to insulin by ______ the blood.
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allowing glucose to be taken into the cells of body |
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The extent to which
a food raises
raises the glucose levels is called what?
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Chyme is the give name given to a massive food after it’s
chewed up, full of saliva and swallowed. T/F
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The function of bile in digestion to do what?
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It is released into the small intestine to aid in fat digestion and absorption.
It's made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder. |
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The stomach is strong alkaline to protect the stomach lining.
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False
Stomach is acidic. Mucous protects the stomach lining. |
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The hyperthalamus is the part of brain that controls feeling of hunger, thirst, and desire. T/F
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Most enzyme end in “-ase”, and most sugars end in “-ose”.
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The formation of wheat glucose is in the body is through _____ and occurs mostly in the ________ from the hormones ______.
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Humans do not make enzyme cellulase, this is a good thing, otherwise lettuce, cabbage, and cauliflower would be as fattening as cookies. T/F
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The possible drawbacks to a rapid increase in the fiber content of a person’s diet include what?
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Gas, diarrhea, general abdominal discomfort, constipation, possible blockages, or the need for urgent movements
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Soluble fiber, which binds to bile lapses and helps reduce cholesterol include all of the following examples except which one?
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Oat/Oat bran Dried beans and peas Nuts Barley Flax seed Fruits such as oranges and apples Vegetables such as carrots Psyllium husk
Insoluble (skins)
Vegetables such as green beans and dark green leafy vegetables Fruit skins and root vegetable skins Whole-wheat products Wheat bran Corn bran
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The
approximately 3 lbs of intestinal bacteria found in the colon, may turn out to function as one of the body’s most important organs that’s synthesized by ??, that is why it’s important to protect from the antibiotics and replenish them with ???. T/F
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Vitamin K is synthesized by bacteria
Probiotics
True |
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Name and label body parts in order (See diagram)
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The name of the substance that ??,
lubricates and protects the part of the body named above is called what?
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Proteins that are synthesized by the immune system to fight out foreign particles are called what?
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For the most part, carbohydrates are on the ground, and proteins have mothers. T/F
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Identify different foods and tell what nutrients they are.
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