NUTR 280 Exam 1 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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Nutrients definition? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Indispensable
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(vital) substances in food
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Nutrients provide one or more of the following: - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔-energy |\




-serve as building material
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-help maintain or repair body parts
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-regulate body processes and support growth
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"Essential" nutrient defined - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔MUST be
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consumed in the diet |\ |\ |\ |\




b/c it cannot be made by the body or cannot be made in
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sufficient quantities |\




nutrient density - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a measure of the
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nutrients provided by a food relative to its calorie count
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High nutrient density foods - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔contain
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more nutrients per calorie
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Nutrients can also be obtained through the _______ of foods -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fortification |\ |\

, supplements are not regulated by the FDA (T/F) - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


ANSWERS ✔✔True! |\




fortification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the adding of nutrients to
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foods


phytochemicals defined - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔non-nutrient |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


compounds in plant-derived foods; bestow color, taste, and other
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characteristics to food. may have health promoting properties
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cartenoids - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔give fruits and veggies their
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rich color
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may help to prevent oxidation (antioxidant)
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beta-carotene - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔yellow/orange pigment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




found in dark green veggies
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Lycopene - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔red pigment
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tomatoes contain a lot; more prevalent in cooked tomatoes
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phytoestrogens - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔hormone like compound |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
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weakly mimics the hormone activity of estrogen in the body
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ex-> soybeans
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