What are the essential nutrients for health? - correct answer ✔✔Hunger, Nutrients, Appetite, Nutrition,
and Digestive Process
Hunger - correct answer ✔✔When our brains initiate a physiological response that prompts us to seek
food for energy.
Nutrients - correct answer ✔✔the constituents of food that sustain humans physiologically: proteins,
carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water
Appetite - correct answer ✔✔The learned desire to eat; normally accompanies hunger but is more
psychological than physiological
Nutrition - correct answer ✔✔the science that investigates the relationship between physiological
function and the essential elements of foods eaten
Digestive Process - correct answer ✔✔The process by which the body breaks down foods into smaller
componets and either absorbs or excretes them.
Recommened Dietary Allowance (RDA) - correct answer ✔✔Daily nutrient intake levels that meet the
nutritional needs of 97 to 98 percent of healthy individuals.
Adequate Intake (AI) - correct answer ✔✔The daily intake levels that are presumed to be adequate for
most healthy people
Used when there is not enough information/research to support establishing RDA's
, Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) - correct answer ✔✔the highest amounts of a nutrient that an
individual can consume daily without risking adverse health effects
Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) - correct answer ✔✔Ranges of protein, carb, and
fat intake that provides adequate nutrition and are associated with a reduces risk for chronic disease.
Calorie (aka Kilocalorie) - correct answer ✔✔indicates the amount of energy obtained from a particular
food
Hyponatremia - correct answer ✔✔Too much water intake.
A serious health risk characterized by low sodium levels.
Proteins - correct answer ✔✔Used to repair bone, muscle, skin, and blood cells.
Key elements of antibodies.
Most abundant substance in the body.
Amino Acid - correct answer ✔✔building blocks of protein
How many amino acids are essential? - correct answer ✔✔9 out of 20
These 9 can be obtained by food.
The body - correct answer ✔✔Where the other 11 amino acids are produced.
Complete (high-quality) protein - correct answer ✔✔protein that supplies all 9 essential amino acids.
Incomplete Proteins - correct answer ✔✔Proteins from plant sources lack one or more amino acids.
What is the recommended intake of protein per kilogram of body weight? - correct answer ✔✔0.8 grams
Carbohydrates - correct answer ✔✔supply energy needed to sustain normal daily activity.
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