The Culinary Professional: Nutrition

Substances in food the body uses for energy, growth, and to regulate various functions:

• Calories

• Nutrients

• Probiotics

• Prebiotics

Dietary Guidelines for Americans (My Plate) is the food guidance system published by what government organization?

• USDA

• FDA

• EPA

• CDC

How many nutrient groups are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Nutrients that the body cannot make and must be supplied by the diet are called:

• Calories

• Kilocalories

• Essential

• Energy

Unit used to measure the amount of energy contained in food:

• Value

• Calorie

• Kilogram

• Molecule

The study of foods, their components, and how the body processes and utilizes them is called:

• Nutrients

• Diet

• Health

• Nutrition

Building blocks of the human body:

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Vitamins

• Proteins

The body's chief energy source:

• Proteins

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

• Water

True or False: Sugar is a complex carbohydrate

• True

• False

Present in fruits and honey, this is the sweetest of all sugars:

• Fructose

• Glucose

• Sucrose

• Maltose