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BIOD 121 - Essentials in NutritionModule 1#88 Questions and answers.
– Distinction.
What is nutrition: - -nutrition by definition is a science that links
food to health and disease. It includes the processes that humans
ingest, digest, absorb, transport, and excrete substances
-Nutrition spands all ages in which: - -it impacts the time of
birth to the time of death
-How do pharmaceuticals and the food industry play into
nutrition: - -through the different supplements we take, what we
eat and why we eat as far as food safety, mass production,
restaurants, manufacturers, media, and food labels
-Nutrition by definition is the science that links food to: - -health
and disease
-Good nutrition as well as exercise leads to: - -good health
-Media plays a huge role into nutrition as far as: - -marketing,
fad diets, celebrities, etc.
-Nutrients can be classified as: - -macro-nutrient, micro-
nutrient, organic, and inorganic
-Macro-nutrient: - -needed in large amounts in the body
-Micro-nutrients: - -needed in small amounts in the body
-Organic: - -a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen
-Inorganic: - -any substance that doesn't contain carbon
-Mechanical energy: - -perform muscular movements
-What are hormones: - -they are compounds that are secreted
into the bloodstream by different cells, and their goal is to act to
control the function of another type of cell
, -Ghrelin: - -is produced by the stomach; its job is to travel to the
brain,stimulate the hunger center, and deactivate the satiety
center
-Leptin: - -is produced by fat cells called adipose tissue; its job
is to alert the brain, turn off the hunger center, and activate the
satiety center' any time your eating your leptin levels should
increase to tell you that your full
-Name the key hormone that causes hunger. Indicate where in
the body its produced and the process by which it operates: - -
ghrelin; its produced by the stomach; its job is to travel the brain
and stimulate the hunger center and deactivate the satiety
center
-Two key hormones in the process of hunger and satiety are: - -
ghrelin and leptin
-Name the key hormone that causes satiety. Indicate where in
the body its produced and the process by which it operates: - -
leptin; its produced by fat cells; its job is to alert the brain, turn
off the hunger center, and activate satiety center
-There are different types of hormones related to hunger and
satiety. Three major hormones for increasing hunger are: - -
ghrelin, endorphines, and neuropeptide Y
-Anytime your eating, your leptin levels should: - -increase to
tell you that your full
-What are the five dimensions to evaluate health: - -physical
health, intellectual health, emotional health, social health. and
spiritual health
-What is physical health: - -the ability for the body to perform
daily functions for survival and its dependents on the nutrients
that are available for the formation of bones, vitamins, minerals,
and to make hormones
-What is intellectual health: - -the cognitive ability to lean and
adapt; the lack of certain nutrients can impair our intellectual
health
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