front 1 Basal Metabolic Rate | back 1 the amount of energy your body needs to maintain homeostasis |
front 2 Calories | back 2 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). |
front 3 Carbohydrates | back 3 Carbohydrates, or carbs, are sugar molecules |
front 4 Cholesterol | back 4 Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that your body needs for good health, but in the right amounts. |
front 5 Diabetes | back 5 Overview. Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar) |
front 6 Dietary Fiber | back 6 made up of the indigestible parts or compounds of plants, which pass relatively unchanged through our stomach and intestines. |
front 7 Digestive system | back 7 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. |
front 8 Electrolytes | back 8 minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge |
front 9 Fats | back 9 a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs. |
front 10 Macronutrients | back 10 Macronutrients are the nutrients we need in larger quantities that provide us with energy |
front 11 Metabolism | back 11 the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy |
front 12 Micronutrients | back 12 vitamins and minerals needed by the body in very small amounts |
front 13 Minerals | back 13 Minerals are substances naturally formed in the Earth. |
front 14 Nutrients | back 14 a substance or ingredient that promotes growth, provides energy, and maintains life |
front 15 Protein | back 15 a naturally occurring, extremely complex substance that consists of amino acid residues joined by peptide bonds |
front 16 Saturated Fat | back 16 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. |
front 17 Trans Fat | back 17 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. |
front 18 Unsaturated Fat | back 18 contain one or more double or triple bonds between the molecules |
front 19 Vitamins | back 19 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. |
front 20 Water | back 20 a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. |