nutrition vocab

6. group products and many foods made from milk are considered part of this food group.
7. he most common type of steroid in the body.
9. guidelines A series of dietary recommendations from the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association (and other bodies) intended to improve cardiovascular health.
10. group Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts as a member of the Vegetable Group.
11. group Any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley or another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples of grain products.
12. he parts of fruits and vegetables that cannot be digested.
13. fat An unhealthy substance, also known as trans fatty acid, made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils.
15. fats A fat that is liquid at room temperature and comes from a plant, such as olive, peanut, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, or soybean oil.
19. a physical desire for food
20. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
21. As a general scientific term, a calorie is defined as the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a unit of water from zero degrees Celsius to 1 degree.
22. group is animal flesh that is eaten as food
23. A tasteless odorless colorless liquid with the chemical formula H2O.

1. One of the three nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body.
2. can also be defined chemically as neutral compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
3. any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
4. The two kinds of minerals are: macro minerals and trace minerals
5. label A food that is low in fat and saturated fat and that contains limited amounts of cholesterol and sodium.
8. fats A fat with a triglyceride molecule containing three saturated fatty acids.
10. is someone who doesn't eat meat.
12. group fruit juice counts as part of the Fruit Group. Fruits may be fresh, canned, frozen, or dried, and may be whole, cut-up, or pureed.
14. the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite.
16. a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
17. dense identifies the proportion of nutrients in foods, with terms such as nutrient rich and micronutrient dense referring to similar properties.
18. Complex organic compounds that are needed in small amounts by the body for normal growth and metabolism