Nutrition Terms

5. An essential nutrient that comes from fiber, starches, and sugars, and our body breaks down into sugar in our blood stream.
6. An essential nutrient commonly found in nuts, beans, and animal products.
8. An essential nutrient also called “lipids” that is found in oils, nuts, milks, and most meat.
9. A form of fat that increases LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and mostly comes from animal products
10. A mineral found in salt. Our body needs small amounts in order to function, but too much can cause high blood pressure.

1. The parts of a plant that your body can’t digest or absorb but that provides many important health benefits as it moves through the digestive system.
2. A sweet tasting, high calorie, carbohydrate.
3. A waxy substance that is in all animal cells, but that can build up in the blood stream and block arteries if it is not kept in balance
4. An unnatural and unhealthy form of fat that is created through modern manufacturing and processing of food. Appears as “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” oils in ingredient lists.
7. a measurement of the amount of energy that is released when your body digests and absorbs food