Nutrition basics
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Essential nutrients - ✔✔✔Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water
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, Nutrition basics
Macronutrients - ✔✔✔proteins, carbohydrates, fats
Micronutrients - ✔✔✔vitamins, minerals, water
Polyunsaturated fats (Omega 3) - ✔✔✔this type of fat is healthier. Found in fatty fish, including salmon,
white albacore tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and sardines, compared to fish, lesser amounts are found in
canola and soybean oils, tofu, walnuts, flaxseeds, and dark green leafy vegetables
Polyunsaturated fats (omega 6) - ✔✔✔healthier fats found in corn, soybean, and cottonseed oils (often
used in margarine and mayonnaise)
17 - ✔✔✔about __ essential minerals
Major minerals - ✔✔✔100mg or more needed per day. Include: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium,
potassium, and chloride
Trace minerals - ✔✔✔minute amounts. Copper, fluoride, iodide, iron, selenium, zinc
Minerals - ✔✔✔too many or too little ___ can cause iron-deficiency anemia or osteoporosis
Potassium - ✔✔✔too little or too much ___ causes high blood pressure, heart disease
50-60% - ✔✔✔human body is ____ water
50 - ✔✔✔humans can live up to ___ days without food but only a few days without water
Water - ✔✔✔used in digestion and the absorption of food and is the medium in which chemical reactions
take place
3.7 L, 3.0 L - ✔✔✔men need to consume _____ of water, with ____ coming directly from beverages
@ pg. 2
Nutrition basics active
approach 2nd edition 2025
Study guide with complete
solution
Essential nutrients - ✔✔✔Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water
@ pg. 1
, Nutrition basics
Macronutrients - ✔✔✔proteins, carbohydrates, fats
Micronutrients - ✔✔✔vitamins, minerals, water
Polyunsaturated fats (Omega 3) - ✔✔✔this type of fat is healthier. Found in fatty fish, including salmon,
white albacore tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and sardines, compared to fish, lesser amounts are found in
canola and soybean oils, tofu, walnuts, flaxseeds, and dark green leafy vegetables
Polyunsaturated fats (omega 6) - ✔✔✔healthier fats found in corn, soybean, and cottonseed oils (often
used in margarine and mayonnaise)
17 - ✔✔✔about __ essential minerals
Major minerals - ✔✔✔100mg or more needed per day. Include: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium,
potassium, and chloride
Trace minerals - ✔✔✔minute amounts. Copper, fluoride, iodide, iron, selenium, zinc
Minerals - ✔✔✔too many or too little ___ can cause iron-deficiency anemia or osteoporosis
Potassium - ✔✔✔too little or too much ___ causes high blood pressure, heart disease
50-60% - ✔✔✔human body is ____ water
50 - ✔✔✔humans can live up to ___ days without food but only a few days without water
Water - ✔✔✔used in digestion and the absorption of food and is the medium in which chemical reactions
take place
3.7 L, 3.0 L - ✔✔✔men need to consume _____ of water, with ____ coming directly from beverages
@ pg. 2
