Basal Metabolic Rate
the amount of energy your body needs to maintain homeostasis
Calories
a unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C (now often defined as equal to 4.1868 joules).
Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates, or carbs, are sugar molecules
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs for good health, but in the right amounts.
Diabetes
Overview. Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar)
Dietary Fiber
made up of the indigestible parts or compounds of plants, which pass relatively unchanged through our stomach and intestines.
Digestive system
The organs that take in food and liquids and break them down into substances that the body can use for energy, growth, and tissue repair.
Electrolytes
minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge
Fats
a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
Macronutrients
Macronutrients are the nutrients we need in larger quantities that provide us with energy
Metabolism
the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy
Micronutrients
vitamins and minerals needed by the body in very small amounts
Minerals
Minerals are substances naturally formed in the Earth.
Nutrients
a substance or ingredient that promotes growth, provides energy, and maintains life
Protein
a naturally occurring, extremely complex substance that consists of amino acid residues joined by peptide bonds
Saturated Fat
a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds, considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fat.
Trans Fat
A type of fat that has certain chemical properties and is usually found in processed foods such as baked goods, snack foods, fried foods, shortening, margarine, and certain vegetable oils.
Unsaturated Fat
contain one or more double or triple bonds between the molecules
Vitamins
any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
Water
a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.