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Nutrition
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2013

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Term
Diet
Definition
The kind and amount of food consumed each day.
Term
Food
Definition
Anything that nourishes the body.
Term
Nourish
Definition
To keep alive
Term
Nutrition
Definition
The study of how food keeps us alive
Term
Parts of nutrition
Definition
Includes the ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation, and excretion of food.
Term
Nutritional Sciences
Definition
The study of nutrition including dietary components and metabolism
Term
Nutrient
Definition
Molecular substances that are nourishing or that provide nourishment to cells and thus every multicellular component of the human organism
Term
Essential nutrient
Definition
The body cannot make these nutrients, they must be consumed. Without an intake, specific deficiency signs and symptom occur
Term
nonessential nutrient
Definition

The body can make these nutrients. Without an intake, nutritional deficiency signs and symptom do not occur.

 
Term
Energy Producing nutrient
Definition
Produces Calories when metabolized by the body.
Term
Non-Energy Producing Nutrient
Definition

Do not provide Calories but have other important functions.

 
Term
1st in the order of life
Definition
Molecule
Term
2nd in the order of life
Definition
Nutrient
Term
3rd in the order of life
Definition
Cell
Term
4th in the order of life
Definition
Tissue
Term
5th in the order of life
Definition
Organ
Term
6th in the order of life
Definition
Organ System
Term
7th in the order of life
Definition
Organism
Term
What elements are in the nutrient water?
Definition

oxygen

hydrogen

Term
What elements are in the nutrient carbohydrate?
Definition

oxygen

carbon

hydrogen

Term
What elements are in the nutrient fat?
Definition

oxygen

carbon

hydrogen

Term
What elements are in the nutrient protein?
Definition

oxygen

carbon

hydrogen

(sometimes nitrogen)

Term
what are the three macronutrients?
Definition
carbs
fats
proteins
Term
What are the 3 micronutrients?
Definition
vitamins
minerals
water
Term
what do energy producing nutrients provide?
Definition
Calories
Term
What is a kilocalorie(Calorie)?
Definition
unit used to measure energy
Term
the kilocalorie is the amount of heat energy required to raise 1 kilogram of water __ degrees celsius.
Definition
1
Term
how many Calories per gram does carbohydrate provide?
Definition
4
Term
how many Calories per gram does Protein provide?
Definition
4
Term
how many Calories per gram does fat provide?
Definition
9
Term
how many Calories per gram does Alcohol provide?
Definition
7
Term
how is the bomb calorimeter
Definition
set food on fire in bomb chamber and see how much the water temp increases in surrounding water chamber
Term
what is the "ultimate fuel" of the body?
Definition
ATP
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