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Nutrition
carbs, lipids, fats, protein and your metablolism
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
10/21/2009

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Term

 

 

HOW MANY CALORIES PER GRAM ARE IN ONE CARBOHYDRATE?

Definition

 

 

 

 

4

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF CARBOHYDRATES?

Definition

 

 

 

 

SIMPLE AND COMPLEX

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF SIMPLE SUGARS?

 

Definition

 

 

MONOSACCHARIDES

AND

DISACCHARIDES

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST COMMON MONOSACCHARIDES?

Definition

 

 

GLUCOSE

FRUCTOSE

AND

GALACTOSE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE 3 MOST

COMMON DISACCHARIDES?

Definition

 

 

 

SUCROSE

LACTOSE

AND

MALTOSE

Term

 

 

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR GLUCOSE

AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

Definition

 

 

GLUCOSE= DEXTROSE

 

IT PROVIDES ENERGY TO BODY CELLS

Term

 

 

WHERE IS FRUCTOSE NATURALLY FOUND? AND WHAT IS IT THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF?

Definition

 

 

FRUCTOSE IS NATURALLY FOUND IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND 

 

IT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE FOR SWEET TASTING FOODS (HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP)

Term

 

 

WHERE IS GALACTOSE FOUND?

Definition

 

 

GALACTOSE IS THE PRIMARY SUGAR IN MILK

AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS A DISACCHARIDE?

Definition

 

 

TWO MONOSACCHARIDES LINKED TOGETHER

Term

 

 

 

WHAT TWO MONOSACCHARIDES MAKE UP SUCROSE?

Definition

 

 

GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE

Term

 

 

WHAT IS LISTED AS A "SUGAR" ON FOOD LABELS?

Definition

 

 

 

 

SUCROSE

Term

 

 

WHAT TWO MONOSACCHARIDES MAKE UP LACTOSE?

Definition

 

 

GLUCOSE AND GALACTOSE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT TWO MONOSACCHARIDES MAKE

UP MALTOSE?

Definition

 

 

 

TWO GLUCOSE SACCHARIDES

Term

 

 

 

HUMAN ENZYMES IN THE MOUTH AND INTESTINE BREAK DOWN WHAT DISACCHARIDE?

Definition

 

 

 

 

MALTOSE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS A COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE?

Definition

 

 

CHAINS OF TWO OR MORE SUGAR MOLECULES

 

Term

 

 

 

WHAT COMPLEX CARB FORMS A SHORT CHAIN OF SUGAR MOLECULES?

Definition

 

 

 

 

OLIGOSACCHARIDE

Term

 

 

WHAT COMPLEX CARB FORMS A LONG CHAIN OF SUGAR MOLECULES?

Definition

 

 

 

POLYSACCHARIDE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS STARCH?

Definition

 

 

 

STARCH IS HOW PLANTS STORE ENERGY

AND ITS FOUND IN GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND TUBERS

 

ALSO USED IN THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF PLANTS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE TWO LONG CHAINS OF GLUCOSE UNITS?

Definition

 

 

 

AMYLOSE (STRAIGHT CHAIN)

AND

AMYLOPECTIN (BRANCHED CHAIN)

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS RESISTANT STARCH?

Definition

 

 

STARCH THAT IS NOT DIGESTED

Term

 

 

 

WHERE IS GLYCOGEN STORED?

Definition

 

 

 

MOSTLY STORED IN THE LIVER AND

SKELETAL MUSCLES

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS GLYCOGEN AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

Definition

 

 

GLYCOGEN IS HOW THE BODY STORES CARBS

-IT PROVIDES GLUCOSE WHEN THE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS GET LOW

- IT IS UNLOCKED ONLY WHEN THE BODY NEEDS IT

 

Term

 

 

 

HOW MANY GRAMS OF CARBS CAN YOUR BODY STORE AT A TIME?

Definition

 

 

 

IT CAN STORE A MAX OF 300g  

OF CARBS AT A TIME

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS FIBER?

Definition

 

 

 

 

INDIGESTIBLE CHAINS OF MONOSACCHARIDES

 

Term

 

 

 

 

WHERE IS DIETARY FIBER FOUND?

Definition

 

 

 

FRUITS, VEGETABLES, LEGUMES, AND

WHOLE GRAINS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOLUBLE AND INSOLUBLE FIBER?

Definition

 

 

 

SOLUBLE= DISSOLVES IN WATER

INSOLUBLE= DOES NOT DISSOLVE IN WATER

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES?

Definition

 

 

 

RAFFINOSE AND STACHYOSE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES CELLULOSE DO?

Definition

 

 

 

 

GIVES PLANTS A STRONG, RIGID CELL WALL

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES PECTIN DO?

Definition

 

 

 

GIVES FRUIT BODY AND SHAPE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE GUMS AND CILAGES AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

Definition

 

 

THEY ARE GEL FORMING FIBERS THAT HOLD PLANT CELLS TOGETHER

 

THEY THICKEN, STABILIZE AND ADD TEXTURE TO FOOD

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE LIGNINS?

Definition

 

 

 

NONDIGESTIBLE SUBSTANCES IN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (SUCH AS STEMS)

Term

 

 

WHAT DO BETA GLUCANS DO?

Definition

 

 

 

HELP DECREASE BLOOD CHOLESTEROL LEVELS 

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE CHITIN AND CHITOSAN?

Definition

 

 

 

MARKED AS WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENTS

(ALTHOUGH RESEARCH DOESNT PROVE IT)

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION?

Definition

 

 

 

BREAKING DOWN OF CARBS INTO SIMPLE

SUGARS BY ENZYMES

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ENZYME IS USED IN THE MOUTH TO BREAK DOWN CARBS?

Definition

 

 

 

AMYLASE

Term

 

 

WHAT ENZYME IS USED TO BREAK DOWN CARBS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE?

Definition

 

 

PANCREATIC AMYLASE

Term

 

 

 

DOES CARB DIGESTION TAKE PLACE IN THE STOMACH?

Definition

 

 

 

 

NO

Term

 

 

WHAT IS MALTASE, SUCRASE, AND LACTASE?

Definition

 

 

THEY ARE DIGESTIVE ENZYMES

Term

 

 

 

WHERE DOES ABSORPTION TAKE PLACE?

Definition

 

 

SMALL INTESTINE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE END PRODUCTS OF CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION?

Definition

 

 

GLUCOSE

GALACTOSE

AND 

FRUCTOSE

Term

 

 

 

AFTER GALACTOSE AND FRUCTOSE TRAVEL THROUGH THE PORTAL VEIN, WHAT do they become?

Definition

 

 

 

GLUCOSE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY FUEL?

Definition

 

 

 

GLUCOSE

Term

 

 

 

GLUCOSE IS STORED AS WHAT? AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS STORED IN THE LIVER AND MUSCLE?

Definition

IT IS STORED AS GLYCOGEN

 

1/3 IS STORED IN THE LIVER

2/3 IS STORED IN THE MUSCLE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES THE GLYCOGEN IN THE LIVER DO?

Definition

 

 

 

 

MAINTAINS NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

Term

 

 

WHAT DOES GLYCOGEN STORED IN THE MUSCLE DO?

Definition

 

 

FUELS MUSCLE ACTIVITY

Term

 

 

 

WHEN DOES THE BODY USE PROTEIN FAT FOR ENERGY AS OPPOSED TO CARBS?

Definition

 

 

WHEN ADEQUATE CARBS ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Term

 

 

WHAT IS KETOSIS?

Definition

 

 

WHEN CELLS PRODUCE KETONE BODIES FASTER THAN THE BODY CAN USE THEM, THESE COMPOUNDS BUILD UP IN THE BLOOD.

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE KETONE BODIES?

Definition

 

MOLECULES FORMED FROM FAT WHEN CELLS DO NO HAVE ENOUGH AVAILABLE CARBOHYDRATE TO BREAK DOWN FAT COMPLETELY.

Term

 

 

 

WHAT CAUSES KETOSIS?

Definition

 

 

 

THIS IS CAUSED BY A VERY LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET, STARVATION, UNCONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS, AND CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM.

Term

 

 

 

WHAT TWO HORMONES REGULATE BLOOD GLUCOSE?

Definition

 

 

 

INSULIN

AND 

GLUCAGON

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ORGAN PRODUCES INSULIN AND GLUCAGON?

Definition

 

 

 

THE PANCREAS

Term

 

 

 

HYPERGLYCEMIA HAS WHAT INCREASED RISKS?

Definition

 

 

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

HEART DISEASE

AND

KIDNEY DISEASE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS TYPE 1 DIABETES?

Definition

 

 

 

LACK OF INSULIN PRODUCTION

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS TYPE 2 DIABETES?

Definition

 

 

 

CELLS ARE RESISTANT TO INSULIN

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS A RISK FACTOR FOR TYPE 1 DIABETES?

Definition

 

 

 

 

FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE (PARENT, SIBLING) THAT HAS TYPE 1

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE SOME RISK FACTORS FOR

TYPE 2 DIABETES?

Definition

OLDER THAN 45 YRS OLD

OVERWEIGHT

SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE

HISTORY OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES

HYPERTENSION

Term

 

 

 

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE FROM REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA AND FASTING HYPOGLYCEMIA?

Definition

REACTIVE- TOO MUCH INSULIN PRODUCTION AFTER EATING HIGH CARBS, BRINGS BLOOD SUGAR DOWN FAST

 

FASTING- BODY IS PRODUCING INSULIN EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT EATEN

Term

 

 

WHAT IS THE RDA RECOMMENDATION FOR CARB INTAKE?

Definition

 

 

 

130 GRAMS PER DAY

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE AMDR RECOMMENDATION FOR CARB INTAKE?

Definition

 

 

 

45-65% OF CALORIES

Term

 

 

 

HOW MUCH FIBER SHOULD YOU GET PER DAY?

Definition

 

 

 

25-35 GRAMS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES FIBER DO?

Definition

 

 

 

- POSSIBLE ROLE IN WEIGHT CONTROL

- BETTER CONTROL OF BLOOD GLUCOSE

- REDUCES RISK OF HEART DISEASE

- HEALTHIER GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCIONING

 

Term

 

 

WHAT DO LIPIDS DO?

Definition

 

 

THEY ARE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS

THEY PROVIDE ENERGY, TRANSPORT FAT SOLUBLE NUTRIENTS, AND CONTRIBUTE TO FLAVOR AND TEXTURE OF FOODS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE LIPIDS?

Definition

 

 

TRIGLYCERIDES

PHOSPHOLIPIDS

STEROLS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE TRIGLYCERIDES?

Definition

 

 

 

FATS AND OILS IN FOODS, STORED IN ADIPOSE TISSUE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE PHOSPHOLIPIDS?

Definition

 

 

BODY MAKES THEM

THEY ARE SOLUBLE IN FAT AND WATER

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE STEROLS?

Definition

 

 

 

CHOLESTEROL

Term

 

 

WITH FATTY ACID CHAINS, WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHORT, MEDIUM AND LONG?

Definition

 

 

SHORT= <6 CARBONS (HAVE LOWER MELTING POINTS)

MEDIUM= 6-10 CARBONS

LONG= 12+ CARBONS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS A SATURATED FATTY ACID?

Definition

 

 

ALL SINGLE BONDS

MORE FIRM AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS A MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID?

Definition

 

 

 

IT HAS ONE CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID?

Definition

 

 

 

MORE THAN ONE CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CIS AND TRANS FATTY ACIDS?

Definition

 

 

CIS= BENT

 

TRANS= STRAIGHT

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS?

Definition

 

ESSENTIAL- CANNOT BE MADE IN THE BODY, MUST COME FROM FOOD.

 

NONESSENTIAL- CAN BE MADE IN THE BODY, NOT ESSENTIAL TO HAVE IN YOUR DIET.

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF TRIGLYCERIDES?

Definition


STRUCTURE= GLYCEROL + 3 FATTY ACIDS


FUNCTION= ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY RESERVE, INSULATION AND PROTECTION, CARRIER OF FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS.

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS?

Definition

KEEPS FAT SUSPENDED IN WATER

COMPONENT OF CELL MEMBRANES

LIPID TRANSPORT

EMULSIFIERS

Term

 

 

WHERE IS SYNTHESIS OF CHOLESTEROL?

Definition

 

 

MADE IN THE LIVER

Term

 

 

WHERE ARE STEROLS IN FOOD FOUND (CHOLESTEROL)

Definition

 

 

 

FOUND ONLY IN ANIMAL FOODS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ENZYME IS USED IN THE MOUTH FOR LIPID DIGESTION?

Definition

 

 

 

LINGUAL LIPASE

Term

 

 

WHAT ENZYME IS USED IN THE STOMACH FOR LIPID DIGESTION?

Definition

 

 

 

GASTRIC LIPASE

Term

 

 

WHAT ENZYME IS USED IN THE SMALL INTESTINE FOR LIPID DIGESTION?

Definition

 

 

 

PANCREATIC LIPASE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT MAKES UP A CHYLOMICRON?

Definition

 

 

CENTRAL CORE OF TRIGLYCERIDES AND CHOLESTEROL SURROUNDED BY PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PROTEINS. 

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES (LDL) LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS DO?

Definition

 

 

 

DELIVER CHOLESTEROL TO CELLS

Term

 

 

 

WHAT DOES (HDL) HIGH DENSITY CHOLESTEROL DO?

Definition

 

 

PICKS UP CHOLESTEROL FOR REMOVAL AND RECYCLING

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED TOTAL FAT INTAKE?

Definition

 

 

 

20-35% OF CALORIES

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS OLESTRA?

Definition

 

 

 

A FAT BASED, FAT REPLACER

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS?

Definition

 

 

 

A,D,E,K

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR RISK FACTORS FOR HEART DISEASE?

Definition

 

 

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

SMOKING

HIGH BLOOD CHOLESTEROL

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS ATHEROSCLEROSIS?

Definition

 

 

 

SLOW HARDENING AND NARROWING OF ARTERIES

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE AHA DIET AND LIFESTYLE RECOMMENDATIONS?

Definition

1. CONSUME AND OVERALL HEALTHY DIET

2. AIM FOR HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT

3. AIM FOR DESIRABLE LIPID PROFILE

4. AIM FOR NORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE

5. AIM FOR NORMAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

6. AVOID USE AND EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO

7. BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE SOME HEALTHY TIPS WHEN EATING OUT?

Definition

1. CHOOSE LOW FAT LOW CHOLESTEROL MENUS

2. ASK FOR FOODS FOLLOWING YOUR EATING PATTERN

3. SELECT POULTRY OR MEAT THAT IS GRILLED, BAKED, BROILED, POACHED, STEAMED

4. CHOOSE LEAN DELI MEATS

5. ORDER LOW FAT DESERT

6. CONTROL SERVING SIZE

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE ATLEAST THREE SYMPTOMS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME?

Definition

 

 

-EXCESS ABDOMINAL FAT

- HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE

- LOW HDL CHOLESTEROL

-HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE 3 STAGES OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT?

Definition

 

 

1. INITIATION

2. PROMOTION

3. PROGRESSION

Term

 

 

 

WHY IS PROTEIN IMPORTANT?

Definition

 

 

MAKES ENERGY

OR IS STORED AS FAT

Term

 

 

 

AMINO ACIDS ARE _____?

Definition

 

 

 

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS

Term

 

 

WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF AMINO ACIDS?

Definition

 

 

INDISPENSABLE (MUST COME FROM DIET)

DISPENSABLE (CAN BE MADE IN THE BODY)

CONDITIONALLY INDISPENSABLE ( AT ONE TIME WERE DISPENSABLE)

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS DENATURATION?

Definition

 

 

THE PROTEIN STRUCTURE LOSES SHAPE

( BY HEAT, OXIDATION, ETC)

Term

 

 

 

WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED ADULT RDA FOR PROTEIN?

Definition

 

 

0.8 GRAMS PER KILO OF BW

Term

 

 

 

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF VEGETARIAN DIETS?

Definition

 

 

LACTO-OVO= INCLUDES MILK AND EGGS

 

VEGAN= PLANT FOODS ONLY

Term

 

 

WHAT IS KWASHIORKOR AND MARASMUS?

Definition


KWASHIORKOR- TOO LITTLE PROTEIN

CAUSES EDEMA AND OTHER SIGNS

BETWEEN 18-24 MONTHS

ASSOCIATED WITH EXTREME POVERTY

MARASMUS- CHRONIC PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION BETWEEN 6-18 MONTHS

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