Nutrition

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3. Inorganic elements needed by the body.
5. Dietary Allowances (RDA) The daily amount of a nutrient (statistically determined from the EARs) considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of almost 98 percent of all healthy people in the United States.
7. nutrients Carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, and water—the nutrients the human body requires for survival.
9. Values (DVs) Reference values for nutrients and food components used in food labels.
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14. disorder An eating disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of eating excessive amounts of food within a relatively short time.
17. Tablets, pills, capsules, liquids, or powders that contain vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, or fiber that are taken to increase the intake of these substances.
18. Reference Intakes (DRIs) Four types of nutrient standards that are used to establish adequate amounts and maximum safe nutrient intakes in the diet: Estimated Average Requirements (EAR), Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), Adequate Intakes (AI), and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL).
20. Intakes (AI) The recommended amount of a nutrient intake when sufficient evidence is not available to calculate the EAR and subsequent RDA.
22. Individuals whose diet is of vegetable or plant origin.
23. The science that studies the relationship of foods to optimal health and performance.
24. dietitian (RD) A person with a college degree in dietetics who meets all certification and continuing education requirements of the American Dietetic Association or Dietitians of Canada.
25. (lipids) A class of nutrients that the body uses as a source of energy.
26. Compounds that prevent oxygen from combining with other substances it might damage.
29. A class of nutrients that the body uses to build and repair body tissues.
30. glycation end products (AGEs) Derivatives of glucose-protein and glucose-lipid interactions that are linked to aging and chronic diseases.
32. nervosa An eating disorder characterized by a pattern of binge eating and purging.
34. Cessation of regular menstrual flow.
35. Average Requirements (EAR) The amount of a nutrient that meets the dietary needs of half the people.
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1. The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1°C; used to measure the energy value of food and the cost of physical activity.
2. Foods that are used as energy sources (carbohydrates, fat, protein).
4. A reaction in which the result is greater than the sum of its two parts.
6. The nutrients the body needs in proportionately large amounts; carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and water are examples.
8. Upper Intake Levels (UL) The highest level of nutrient intake that appears to be safe for most healthy people without an increased risk of adverse effects.
10. Substances found in food that provide energy, regulate metabolism, and help with growth and repair of body tissues.
12. Compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that the body uses as its major source of energy.
13. Compounds found in vegetables and fruits with cancer-fighting properties.
15. The nutrients the body needs in small quantities—vitamins and minerals—that serve specific roles in transformation of energy and body tissue synthesis.
16. energy requirement (EER) The average dietary energy (caloric) intake that is predicted to maintain energy balance in a healthy adult of defined age, gender, weight, height, and level of physical activity, consistent with good health.
19. Plant material that human digestive enzymes cannot digest.
20. nervosa An eating disorder characterized by self-imposed starvation to lose weight and then maintain very low body weight.
21. Likes to chase mice
27. Organic substances essential for normal bodily metabolism, growth, and development.
28. For most vitamins, 10 times the RDA or more; for vitamin A, five times the RDA.
31. Has a trunk
33. Flying mammal
34. acids The basic building blocks of protein.