Ch 8: Food and Nutrition

Nutrient

• found in food and used to regulate body functions, promote growth, repair body tissues, and obtain energy.

• the chemical process in which the body breaks down food and releases energy.

• the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down.

• a reduction in the body's water content.

Metabolism

• nutrient that is found naturally in rocks or soil and is needed by the body in small ammounts.

• the chemical process in which the body breaks down food and releases energy

• small substances that are bound together chemically to form proteins.

• a waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products.

Calorie

• a condition in which red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin causing less oxygen to be transported to your body.

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

• a dissolved substance that regulates many processes in cells.

• the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down

Dehydration

• a dissolved substance that regulates many processes in cells.

• small substances that are bound together chemically to form proteins.

• a reduction in the body's water content

• a condition in which red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin causing less oxygen to be transported to your body.

Mineral

• a waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products.

• found in food and used to regulate body functions, promote growth, repair body tissues, and obtain energy

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

• nutrient that is found naturally in rocks or soil and is needed by the body in small amounts.

Amino Acid

• small substances that are bound together chemically to form proteins.

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

• nutrient that is found naturally in rocks or soil and is needed by the body in small amounts.

• a waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products.

Cholesterol

• small substances that are bound together chemically to form proteins.

• the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down

• a waxy, fatlike substance that is found only in animal products.

• a dissolved substance that regulates many processes in cells.

Anemia

• a condition in which red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin causing less oxygen to be transported to your body.

• the chemical process in which the body breaks down food and releases energy

• small substances that are bound together chemically to form proteins.

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

Vitamin

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

• the amount of energy released when nutrients are broken down

• a reduction in the body's water content

• nutrient that is found naturally in rocks or soil and is needed by the body in small amounts.

Electrolyte

• a dissolved substance that regulates many processes in cells.

• a nutrient required in small amounts that assists in chemical reactions in the body.

• a reduction in the body's water content

• a condition in which red blood cells do not have enough hemoglobin causing less oxygen to be transported to your body.