Exam 6: Personal Nutrition

A glycemic ____ is a measure of how much a typical serving size of a particular food raises blood glucose.

Antioxidants do which of the following?

____________________ are compounds that exist naturally in plants.

Match the items with the most appropriate description: -B vitamins and vitamin C

The link between fiber and ____________________ cancer is complex.

____________________ is the relationship between calories consumed and calories expended.

A ____ is a specific amount of food that contains the quantity of nutrients described on the Nutrition Facts label.

Analyze three different ethnic diets.Give their advantages (or disadvantages) for improving on a healthy-lifestyle diet.

The basic framework for muscles, bones, blood, hair, and fingernails is ____.

The nutrient-packed inner layer of grains is called the ____.

Foodborne infections cause an estimated ____ deaths in the United States each year.

Which of the following causes you to lose water more rapidly?

Vitamins A, D, E, and K are absorbed through the intestinal membrane and stored in the body.These vitamins are also called ____.

The most abundant mineral in the body, which helps to build strong bones, is ____________________.

Vitamin ____________________ is essential for those who do not get adequate exposure to sunlight.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 recommends that people should focus on consuming ___________________ foods and beverages.

Pure vegetarians who eat only plant foods are known as ____.

A fat molecule that contains as many hydrogen atoms as its carbon skeleton can hold is said to be _____.

The basic fuel that our bodies need is found in sugars known as ____.

Explain how the six essential nutrients function to support the body and keep the body healthy.