Nutrition

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What is a Calorie?

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A unit of food energy

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What are the 6 nutrients?

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Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals and Water

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What are the 3 energy-giving nutrients?

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Carbohydrates, Fats and Proteins

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What is BMR?

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Basal Metabolic Rate - A measure of the rate at which your body burns calories while at rest (Resting metabolism)

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What happens to the extra calories we consume?

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They are stored as Fat

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Is it healthier to make small incremental changes to your eating habits or to eliminate foods? Why?

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Incremental changes allow your body time to adapt and make it easier to maintain as habits

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What factors affect metabolism?

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Age, body composition, activity level, eating habits, heredity & hormones

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Most of our calories (about 60%) should come from which nutrient?

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Carbohydrates

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What complex carbohydrate helps to prevent colon cancer and helps move food through the digestive tract?

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Fiber

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Why do we need water in our diets?

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Transportation, elimination, temperature regulation and other processes