BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
What is nutrition: - Answernutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and disease. It
includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - Answerit impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - Answerthrough the different
supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production, restaurants,
manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - Answerhealth and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - Answergood health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - Answermarketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - Answermacro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - Answerneeded in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - Answerneeded in small amounts in the body
Organic: - Answera compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - Answerany substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - Answerperform muscular movements
What are hormones: - Answerthey are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by different
cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
, BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
Ghrelin: - Answeris produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the hunger center,
and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - Answeris produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn off the
hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should increase to
tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - Answerghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain and
stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - Answerghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - Answerleptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the brain, turn off the
hunger center, and activate satiety center
There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - Answerghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - Answerincrease to tell you that your full
What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - Answerphysical health, intellectual health, emotional
health, social health. and spiritual health
What is physical health: - Answerthe ability for the body to perform daily functions for survival and its
dependents on the nutrients that are available for the formation of bones, vitamins, minerals, and to
make hormones
What is intellectual health: - Answerthe cognitive ability to lean and adapt; the lack of certain nutrients
can impair our intellectual health
What is emotional health: - Answerthe ability to express or suppress emotions
What is nutrition: - Answernutrition by definition is a science that links food to health and disease. It
includes the processes that humans ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
Nutrition spands all ages in which: - Answerit impacts the time of birth to the time of death
How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - Answerthrough the different
supplements we take, what we eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production, restaurants,
manufacturers, media, and food labels
Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - Answerhealth and disease
Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - Answergood health
Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - Answermarketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc.
Nutrients can be classified as: - Answermacro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic
Macro-nutrient: - Answerneeded in large amounts in the body
Micro-nutrients: - Answerneeded in small amounts in the body
Organic: - Answera compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
Inorganic: - Answerany substance that doesn't contain carbon
Mechanical energy: - Answerperform muscular movements
What are hormones: - Answerthey are compounds that are secreted into the bloodstream by different
cells, and their goal is to act to control the function of another type of cell
, BIOD 121 - Essentials in Nutrition Module 1
Ghrelin: - Answeris produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the hunger center,
and deactivate the satiety center
Leptin: - Answeris produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job is to alert the brain, turn off the
hunger center, and activate the satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should increase to
tell you that your full
Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - Answerghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain and
stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety center
Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - Answerghrelin and leptin
Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by
which it operates: - Answerleptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the brain, turn off the
hunger center, and activate satiety center
There are different types of hormones related to hunger and satiety. Three major hormones for
increasing hunger are: - Answerghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - Answerincrease to tell you that your full
What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - Answerphysical health, intellectual health, emotional
health, social health. and spiritual health
What is physical health: - Answerthe ability for the body to perform daily functions for survival and its
dependents on the nutrients that are available for the formation of bones, vitamins, minerals, and to
make hormones
What is intellectual health: - Answerthe cognitive ability to lean and adapt; the lack of certain nutrients
can impair our intellectual health
What is emotional health: - Answerthe ability to express or suppress emotions
