BIOD 121 - ESSENTIALS IN NUTRITION PORTAGE MODULE 1 LATEST

BIOD 121 - ESSENTIALS IN NUTRITION PORTAGE MODULE 1 LATEST What is nutrition: - CORRECT ANSWER-nutrition 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-it impacts the time of birth to the time of death How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into nutrition: - CORRECT ANSWER-through 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-health and disease Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - CORRECT ANSWER-good health Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - CORRECT ANSWER-marketing, fad diets, celebrities, etc. Nutrients can be classified as: - CORRECT ANSWER-macro-nutrient, micro-nutrient, organic, and inorganic Macro-nutrient: - CORRECT ANSWER-needed in large amounts in the body Micro-nutrients: - CORRECT ANSWER-needed in small amounts in the body Organic: - CORRECT ANSWER-a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen Inorganic: - CORRECT ANSWER-any substance that doesn't contain carbon Mechanical energy: - CORRECT ANSWER-perform muscular movements What are hormones: - CORRECT ANSWER-they 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 Ghrelin: - CORRECT ANSWER-is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the brain,stimulate the hunger center, and deactivate the satiety center Leptin: - CORRECT ANSWER-is 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-ghrelin; 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-ghrelin and leptin Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in the body its produced and the process by which it operates: - CORRECT ANSWER-leptin; 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: - CORRECT ANSWER-ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - CORRECT ANSWER-increase to tell you that your full What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - CORRECT ANSWER-physical health, intellectual health, emotional health, social health. and spiritual health What is physical health: - CORRECT ANSWER-the 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