Nutrition Basics Chapter 1

Biochemical reactions in the body help to release the energy contained in what?

Energy is used to maintain body functions and fuel what?

If more energy is consumed than is needed, overtime body weight will decrease.

Most of the body weight is what?

Proteins form what that holds bones together and attach muscles to bones?

Lipids and proteins make the membranes that surround what?

All the reactions that occur in the body are called what?

The proper regulation of metabolism is called what?

What helps to speed up or slow down metabolic reactions?

What are the best source for amino acids?

Water makes up what percentage of the human body?

Water is stored as muscles.

What provides metabolism for the body but are necessary for proper functioning of the body?

What is needed for bone strength, the transport of oxygen, the transmission of nerve impulses, and other functions?

Fresh foods are a good natural source of what?

What percentage of a lean adult male is minerals, carbohydrate and other substance?

What percentage of a lean adult male is fat?

What percentage of a lean adult male is proteins?

What nutrients work together to help the body stay healthy?

What does malnutrition mean?

Undernutrition is caused when eating insufficient amounts of what?

Overnutrition is malnutrition caused by eating an excess of what?

What is a measure of the nutrient a food provide compared to its energy content?

Broccoli is more nutrient dense than fries.

How many classes of nutrients are there?

What are large, carbohydrate, lipids, and proteins called?

What are small, vitamins and minerals called?

What provides a readily available source of energy to the body?

Carbohydrates are primarily stored as what in skeletal muscle and liver?

Foods high in saturated fatty acid increases the risk of what?

Foods high in unsaturated fatty acid lower or may help prevent what?

Proteins are required for what?

Proteins cannot supply energy.

Proteins help regulate what?

Proteins or amino acids are what of life?

The body needs how many amino acids to function correctly?