Nutrition Basics

What are carbohydrates?

• essential nutrients for building muscle

• sugars and starches found in certain foods

• are converted into sugar glucose that's absorbed by the bloodstream and turned into energy

• essential nutrients for fighting off disease

Proteins are...

• the building block of the body

• made up of amino acids

• minerals

• fuel for your body

Fat is...

• a source of fuel for the body

• the major storage form of energy in the body

• bad for your health

• necessary in large amounts for more energy

What is a vitamin?

• an essential nutrient our bodies need to fight off disease

• a substance our bodies need to function normally

• stored energy in our bodies

• builds muscle

What is a mineral?

• an essential nutrient to perform functions necessary for life

• an essential nutrient the body needs to fight off disease

• an element found in food

• a form of fat

What is poultry?

• farm birds and their eggs

• flesh from a mammal

• ocean creatures

What is defined as meat in a diet?

• flesh from a mammal

• ocean creature

• farm bird and their eggs

What is nutrition?

• obtaining the food necessary for health and growth

• deprivation of food

• starvation

What is a diet?

• the kinds of foods that a person habitually eats

• binge-eating

• food deprivation

Food that has had a series of mechanical or chemical operations performed on it to change or preserve it is called

• processed

• organic

• farm-fresh