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Chapter 10: Nutrition for Health
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Health Care
9th Grade
11/01/2012

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Term
Nutrtion
Definition
The process by which your body takes in and uses food
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Calorie
Definition
A unit of heat used to measure the energy your body uses and the energy it recieves from food
Term
Nutrients
Definition
Substances in food that your body needs to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy.
Term
Hunger
Definition
The natural physical drive to eat, prompted by the bodies need for food
Term
Appitite
Definition
The psycological desire for food
Term
Nutrient Dense
Definition
A high ratio of nutrients to calories
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Food additives
Definition
Substances added to food; for a desired taste texture of feel.
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Food Allergy
Definition

A condition in which your body's immune system reacts

to substances in some food

Term
Food Intolerance
Definition
A negative reaction to food that doesn't involve the immune system
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Cross Contamination
Definition
The spreading of pathogens to one food to another
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Food borneillness

 

Definition
Food poisioning
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6 Basic Nturients
Definition
  • Vitamins
  • Water
  • Fats
  • Carbs
  • Minerlas
  • Proteins 
Term
2 factors that infleunce food choice
Definition
  1. Appitite
  2. Hunger
Term
Two water soluble vitamins, their role, and the food they are found in.
Definition
  • B2 - processes carbs - found in meats

 

  • C - protects from infections - citrus fruits 
Term
Two fat soluble vitamins, their role, and the food they are found in.
Definition
  • A - improves vision - found in carrots

 

  • B - Helps protects cells - found in milk 
Term
Two minerals, their role, and the food they are found in.
Definition
  • Calcium - Bones - Found in dairy 

 

  • Phosphorus - Energy - Found in meats
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