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| Physiological impulse to seek food, prompted by a lack of basic foods needed to function |
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| Constituents of food sustaining humans physiologically, fats, water, etc |
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| The desire to eat- more psychological than physiological |
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| Investigates the relationship between physiological function and essential elements of foods eaten |
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| Body breaks down food- absorb or excrete |
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| Unit of measure that indicates amount of energy obtained from a food |
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| abnormal depletion of body fluids- lack of water |
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| Essential constituent of nearly al body cells, necessary for development and repair of bone, muscle, skin, key elements of enzymes, antibodies |
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| Nitrogen containing building blocks of protein |
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| nine of the basic nitrogen containing building blocks of protein- must be obtained from food |
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| Proteins containing all 9 essential amino acids |
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| proteins lacking one or more essential amino acids |
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| two complete protein foods that complement each other's inadequate essential amino acids |
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| basic nutrients that supply body with glucose- most commonly used energy form |
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| major type of carb providing short term energy |
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| a major type of carb providing sustained energy |
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| complex carbohydrate, storage form of glucose in plants |
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| Complex carb form of glucose stored in the liver |
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| Indigestible part of plant that helps move food through the digestive system and softens stools by absorbing water |
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| Dietary Fibre, Functional Fibre |
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Dietary fibre- non digestible part of plants, leaves, stems, seeds
Functional fibre-nondigestible form of carbs |
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| milled in complete form- include bran, endosperm and germ, only husk removed |
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| Basic nutrients composed of carbon and hydrogen, needed for proper functioning of cells, insulation against shock, healthy skin and hair |
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| Most common form of fat in the body- excess calories stored as tryglycerides |
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| A form of fat circulating in the blood that can accumulate on artery inner walls |
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| High Density Lipoproteins |
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| Compounds facilitating transport of cholesterol in blood to liver for metabolism and elimination from body |
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| Compounds that facilitate transport of cholesterol in the blood to cells |
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| Fats unable to hold any more H atoms in structure- animal derived- solid at room temp. |
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| Fats with more room for H atoms- mostly plants- liquid at room temp. |
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| fatty acids produced when polyunsaturated oils are hydrogenated to make them solid |
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essential organic compounds that promote growth and reproduction and help maintain life and health.
-fat soluble-asorbed through gi tract, toxicity issue
-water soluble |
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| foods believed to have specific health benefits- prevent disease |
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| Substances believed to protect against tissue damage at the cellular level |
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| Fat soluble plant pigments with antioxidant properties |
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| Inorganic, indestructible elements that aid physiological processes |
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| inability to produce haemoglobin |
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| value on a food label that lets you know how much of a nutrient is provided eating one serve of the food |
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| a person who excludes all or some animal products |
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| vitamins and minerals taken by mouth that are intended to supplement existing diets |
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| Grown without pesticides, chemicals or hormones |
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| Primarily eat food grown or produced locally |
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| Overreaction by the body to normally harmless proteins, which are perceived as allergens- body provides antibodies- triggering allergic symptoms |
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| inherited autoimmune disroder affecting digestive process of small intestine, triggered by gluten |
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| Adverse effects when people lack digestive chemicals to break down certain substances |
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| Genetically modified foods |
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| foods altered by genetic engineering |
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