Health - Nutrition
% Daily Values on a label - correct answer-Based on a 2,000 calories per day.
10 Tips to a Great Plate - correct answer-balance calories,enjoy your food but eat less, avoid
oversized portions, foods to eat more often, make half your plate fruits and veggies,switch to
a fat-free or low fat milk, make half your grains whole grains, foods to eat less often,
compare sodium in foods, drink water instead of soda,
3,500 - correct answer-Amount of calories you need to burn to lose 1 lb. of fat.
6 Nutrients - correct answer-Minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, water, fats
Amino Acids - correct answer-There are 20 found in food and your body produces all but 9.
These are called Essential Amino Acids.
Appetite - correct answer-The psychological desire for food.
Basal metabolic rate - correct answer-the body's resting rate of energy expenditure
Calculate total calories on a label - correct answer-Number of servings x calories per serving
Caloric Balance - correct answer-Refers to the number of calories you take in, compared to
the number you burn off.
Calorie - correct answer-A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and
receives from food.
Carbohydrate uses - correct answer-Body converts all carbs into glucose, the body's main
source of fuel. You body can store some glucose in the muscles and liver. Excess carbs are
stored as fat.
Carbohydrates - correct answer-The starches and sugars present in foods that are the
bodies preferred source of energy. Contain 4 calories per gram and 45-65% of what you eat
should be this.
Cholesterol - correct answer-A waxy lipid like substance in the blood. Needed for cell
membranes, nerve tissue, vitamin D and hormone production. Excess cholesterol is
deposited in the arterial walls of the heart increasing risk of heart disease. Eat less than 300
mg/day.
Complete Proteins - correct answer-Have all 9 Essential Amino Acids. Milk, eggs, beef,
cheese & yogurt.
Complex Carbohydrates - correct answer-Starches found in whole grains, seeds, nuts and
tubers. The body must break down these into simple carbs to use. Provide more nutrients
% Daily Values on a label - correct answer-Based on a 2,000 calories per day.
10 Tips to a Great Plate - correct answer-balance calories,enjoy your food but eat less, avoid
oversized portions, foods to eat more often, make half your plate fruits and veggies,switch to
a fat-free or low fat milk, make half your grains whole grains, foods to eat less often,
compare sodium in foods, drink water instead of soda,
3,500 - correct answer-Amount of calories you need to burn to lose 1 lb. of fat.
6 Nutrients - correct answer-Minerals, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, water, fats
Amino Acids - correct answer-There are 20 found in food and your body produces all but 9.
These are called Essential Amino Acids.
Appetite - correct answer-The psychological desire for food.
Basal metabolic rate - correct answer-the body's resting rate of energy expenditure
Calculate total calories on a label - correct answer-Number of servings x calories per serving
Caloric Balance - correct answer-Refers to the number of calories you take in, compared to
the number you burn off.
Calorie - correct answer-A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and
receives from food.
Carbohydrate uses - correct answer-Body converts all carbs into glucose, the body's main
source of fuel. You body can store some glucose in the muscles and liver. Excess carbs are
stored as fat.
Carbohydrates - correct answer-The starches and sugars present in foods that are the
bodies preferred source of energy. Contain 4 calories per gram and 45-65% of what you eat
should be this.
Cholesterol - correct answer-A waxy lipid like substance in the blood. Needed for cell
membranes, nerve tissue, vitamin D and hormone production. Excess cholesterol is
deposited in the arterial walls of the heart increasing risk of heart disease. Eat less than 300
mg/day.
Complete Proteins - correct answer-Have all 9 Essential Amino Acids. Milk, eggs, beef,
cheese & yogurt.
Complex Carbohydrates - correct answer-Starches found in whole grains, seeds, nuts and
tubers. The body must break down these into simple carbs to use. Provide more nutrients
