Advanced Human Nutrition Exam 1
Questions with Correct Answers
DRIs - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Protein: 10-35% of kcal
Carbs: 45-65% of kcal
Fat: 20-35% of kcal
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-ONLY for essential nutrients
Adequate Intake (AI) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Know we need this nutrient, but can't figure out an RDA
(Can't figure out how much someone needs)
AI for fiber because we cannot prove that fiber is essential because people have lived without fiber in
their diet.
Tolerable Upper Level Intake (UL) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anymore and the nutrient is toxic.
Case studies where people have died from too much of one nutrient.
Supplementation can cause toxicity
No UL where there is no data on toxicity of a specific nutrient
What four nutrients do we not get enough of? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Calcium
Vitamin D
, Fiber
Potassium
Food provides nutrients - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Essential nutrients
fortified foods
enriched grains
dietary supplements
phytochemical
zoochemical
Macronutrients - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-PROVIDE ENERGY
Carbs:
Sugar and starch
4kcal/gram
fiber belongs to the carb category, but it does not provide energy
Lipids:
a concentrated form of energy
triglyceride is a type that is found abundantly in our bodies
9kcal/gram
Proteins:
Questions with Correct Answers
DRIs - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Protein: 10-35% of kcal
Carbs: 45-65% of kcal
Fat: 20-35% of kcal
Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-ONLY for essential nutrients
Adequate Intake (AI) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Know we need this nutrient, but can't figure out an RDA
(Can't figure out how much someone needs)
AI for fiber because we cannot prove that fiber is essential because people have lived without fiber in
their diet.
Tolerable Upper Level Intake (UL) - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Anymore and the nutrient is toxic.
Case studies where people have died from too much of one nutrient.
Supplementation can cause toxicity
No UL where there is no data on toxicity of a specific nutrient
What four nutrients do we not get enough of? - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Calcium
Vitamin D
, Fiber
Potassium
Food provides nutrients - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-Essential nutrients
fortified foods
enriched grains
dietary supplements
phytochemical
zoochemical
Macronutrients - VERIFIED ANSWER✔✔-PROVIDE ENERGY
Carbs:
Sugar and starch
4kcal/gram
fiber belongs to the carb category, but it does not provide energy
Lipids:
a concentrated form of energy
triglyceride is a type that is found abundantly in our bodies
9kcal/gram
Proteins: