NFS284 - Term Test 1UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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NFS284
NFS284 - Term Test 1UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 categories of the CFG - CORRECT ANSWER- grains, milk and alternatives,
vegetables and fruit, meat and alternatives
vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER- an organic compound that prevents the development
of scurvy
macronutrients - COR...
NFS284 - Term Test 1UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
4 categories of the CFG - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- grains, milk and alternatives,
vegetables and fruit, meat and alternatives
vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an organic compound that prevents the development
of scurvy
macronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- carbohydrates, proteins, and fats - required in
very large amounts
amino acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- compounds that are the building blocks of protein,
both in essential and non essential forms
starch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- digestible carbohydrate and a source of energy, found in
rice + wheat + corn + potato
triglycerides - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the major chemical form of lipids in food
triacylglycerols - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an ester of glycerol and 3 fatty acids
polyunsaturated fats - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (PUFA) - contain at least two double bonds
e.g.) canola oil and soybean oil
monounsaturated fatty acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (MUPA) - contain only one double
bond
e.g.) oelic acid (omega 9) in olive oil
, essential fatty acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Two PUFAs: linoleic acid (omega-6 fatty
acid) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3 fatty acid)
2 fatty acids synthesized in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- eicosapentanoic acid
(EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
saturated and trans fatty acids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- associated with increased risk of
disease
dietary fibre - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an indigestible carbohydrate
- may be fermented by the microflora of the large intestine
a limited source of energy
found in whole grains and legumes
glucose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- carbohydrate that circulates In the blood and
amonosacchoride
source of energy for the brain
sucrose - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a disaccharide of fructose and glucose
high fructose corn syrup - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a mixture of fructose and glucose
micronutrients - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- essential nutrients needed in small amounts
vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- organic micronutrients required for metabolic
processes
fat soluble vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A, D, E, K: not rapidly depleted from the
body
- can be stored in the liver and adipose tissue
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