GUARANTEED ACCURATE
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Appetite - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ our primarily psychological
EXTERNAL drive to eat
Adequate Intake (AI) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A recommended
intake value based on observed or experimentally determined
approximations or estimates of nutrient intake by a group (or groups) og
healthy people that is assumed to be adequate; used when an RDA
cannot be determined. When set for a nutrient, aim for this intake.
Bicarbonate - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Neutralizes stomach acid
when it reaches the small intestine. Produced in the pancreas and small
intestine
Bile - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Aids fat digestion in the small
intestine by suspending fat in water using bile acids, cholesterol, and
phospholipids. Found in the liver (stored in the gallbladder)
Daily Value (DV) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ nutrient standard used
on the Nutrition Facts portion of the food label
, desirable nutrition - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The nutritional state
for a particular nutrient is desirable when body tissues have enough of
the nutrient to support normal metabolic functions and surplus stores
that can be used in times of increased need.
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Term
used to encompass nutrient recommendations made by the Food and
Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine. These include RDAs, AIs,
EERs, and ULs.
energy density - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a measurement that best
describes the calorie content of a food. Is determined by comparing the
calorie (kcal) content with the weight of food.
essential nutrient - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Has a biological
function
Omission results in decline of function
Replenishing restores biological function
gastric juice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ contains water, hydrochloric
acid and enzymes. The acid destroys the biological activity of proteins,
converts inactive digestive enzymes to their active form, partially digests
food protein, and makes dietary minerals soluble so that they can be
absorbed.