Ch. 8 Following a Healthy Diet

Organic nutrients that promote growth and development, help regulate body processes, maintain healthy skin, and help the body release energy.

• Vitamins

• Empty nutrients
• Toxic nutrients
• Non-essential nutrients

Nutrient the body uses to build and maintain cells and tissues and provide energy; may also act as hormones or enzymes.

• Vitamins
• Carbohydrates
• Protein
• Fats

Nutrients that provide a valuable source of energy for muscles and help in the absorption and transport of vitamins and nutrients.

• Fat
• Fiber
• Protein
• Carbohydrates

Nutrients that are the major source of energy for the body; can be found in fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy products.

• Carbohydrates
• Vitamins
• Fats
• Proteins

Inorganic nutrients absorbed from plants, water, and animal food sources.

• minerals

• Fruits, vegetables, and grains
• soil, and air

• Rocks, air, and sunlight

Form of malnutrition caused by the body not receiving or absorbing needed nutrients.

• Mineral-absorption malnutrition
• Vitamin-rich malnutrition
• Undernutrition

• Carbohydrate-deficiency malnutrition

Form of malnutrition caused by consuming too many of some nutrients.

• anorexia
• overnutrition

• starvation
• underweight

Form of poor nutrition in which a person does not get or properly absorb the recommended amounts of essential nutrients.

• malnutrition
• undernutrition
• overnutrition
• hypernutrition

Condition in which the body's immune system reacts to a food as if the food is harmful.

• Food sensitivity
• Food allergy
• Food aversion
• Food intolerance

Conditions in which a person's body cannot properly digest particular types of food.

• Food intolerance
• Food allergy
• Food sensitivity
• Food aversion