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Health Final Vocab

Vocab from chapters 5 and 6 and other questions from the review for the health final!

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Electrolytes
Minerals that become electrically charged when in solution
Anorexia Nervosa
A disorder in which the irrational fear of becoming obese results in severe weight loss from self-induced starvation
Carbohydrate Loading
Storing extra glycogen in the muscle
Pathogens
Foreign invaders and organisms that may cause illness
Proteins
Nutrients that help build and maintain body tissues
Megadoses
Very large amounts of nutrient supplements
Overweight
Weighing more than 10 percent over the standard weight for height
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
The amounts of nutrients that will prevent deficiencies and excesses in most healthy people
Linoleic Acid
An essential fatty acid not made in the body but which is essential for growth and healthy skin
Underweight
Being 10 percent or more below normal weight
Glucose
A simple sugar and the body's chief fuel
Essential Amino Acids
Must come from the foods you eat
Carbohydrates
The starches and sugars found in foods
Cross-Contamination
The spreading of bacteria from one food to another
Nutrition
The process by which the body takes in and uses food
Contaminent
A substance that spoils or infects
Bulimia Nervosa
A disorder in which cycles of overeating are followed by some form of purging or clearing of the digestive tract
Appetite
A desire, rather than a need, to eat
Weight Cycling
The cycle of losing, regaining, losing, and regaining weight
Nutrient Supplements
Pills, powders, liquids, and other nonfood forms of nutrients
Rehydration
Restoring lost body fluids
Enriched Food
A food in which nutrients that were lost in processing have been added back
Unit Pricing
A strategy for recognizing the relative cost of a product based on the cost of a standard unit, such as an ounce or gram
Lipid
A fatty substance that does not dissolve in water
Cholesterol
A fatlike substance produced in the liver of all animals and therefore found only in foods of animal origin
Minerals
Inorganic substances that the body cannot manufacture but that act as catalysts, regulating many vital body processes
Undernutrition
Not consuming enough essential nutrients or calories for normal body functions
Perishable
Liable to spoil
Pasteurized
Treated by a process of heating to destroy or slow the growth of pathogens
Vitamins
Compounds that help regulate many vital body processes including the digestion, absorption of metabolism of other nutrients
Intolerence
A negative reaction to a food or an ingredient in food that is not related to the body's immune system or to food poisoning
Amino Acids
Substances that make up body proteins
Nutrients
The substances in food that your body needs to function properly to grow, to repair itself, and to supply you with energy
Foodbourne Illness
Food poisoning
Hunger
A natural drive that protects you from starvation
Glycogen
A starch-like substance that is glucose that is stored in the liver and muscles
Nutrientdense
Foods high in nutrients relative to their caloric content
Body Mass Index (BMI)
The ratio of weight to height
Fortification
The addition of nutrients that are not naturally present
Food Allergy
The body's immune system overreacts to substances in some foods
Fasting
Avoiding Food
Obesity
Excess body fat or adipose tissue
Vegans
Vegetarians who eat only foods of plant origin

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