Nutrition Quiz

What is nutrition?

• Bodies ability to take and use food

• Carbohydrates, proteins, fats

• How many calories are in food

• Chemicals in food

The function of carbohydrates is to provide the _______ of the energy for the body?

Simple carbohydrates are;

• found in processed and refined sugars such as candy, table sugar, syrups, and carbonated beverages. Refined sugars provide calories, but lack vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

• provide the bulk of fiber to the diet, and include vegetables, whole grains, peas, and beans

Complex carbohydrates do what?

• found in processed and refined sugars such as candy, table sugar, syrups, and carbonated beverages. Refined sugars provide calories, but lack vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

• provide the bulk of fiber to the diet, and include vegetables, whole grains, peas, and beans

Why can high carb diets (lots of breads, rice, pasta, etc...) be unhealthy?

Benefits of a high fiber diet are that it reduces the risk of ​____ _____, retains ______, and lowers _______. ​

• diabetes, minerals, blood sugar

• cardiovascular disease, minerals, anxiety

• colon cancer, water, cholesterol

Saturated fats are the biggest cause of bad (LDL) cholesterol, like fatty meats, while ________ fats are liquid at room temperature

List two guidelines for fat intake.

• choose highly processed meat, and cheeses

• eat plenty of cream and fatty meats

• intake less fiber, and increase saturated fats

• choose lean meats, and foods like whole grains, fruits and vegetables

How many calories are there in a gram of the following: - Carbs - Fats - Protein

• 4

• Carbohydrates

• 4

• Protein

• 9

• Fats

What is the main purpose of protein?

• main component of your muscles, organs, and glands

• substance found in living things that can be water or fat soluble

• catalyst for many of the biological reactions in the body

• main energy source for the body