nutrition lesson 2

The outer part of a cereal grain

• bran

• calorie

• dietary

• empty calories

A unit for measuring the energy produced by food when it’s metabolized in the body.

• empty calories

• bran

• calorie

• dietary

Having to do with the diet.

• dietary

• empty calories

• calorie

• fiber

The overall combination of food and drink a person consumes

• bran

• calorie

• diet

• empty calories

A term used to describe foods in which most of the energy typically comes from processed carbohydrates and fat, and which lacks nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids or dietary fiber

• empty calories

• fiber

• gram

• nutrient dense

Plant food components, including plant cell walls, pectins, gums and brans, that the body cannot digest.

• gram

• nutrient dense

• processed foods

• fiber

The basic unit of mass and weight in the metric system, equal to about 1/28 of an ounce. cannot digest.

• gram

• nutrient dense

• processed foods

• fiber

Providing a lot of nutrition in relation to its calories. Nutrient-dense foods provide lots of vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, protein or healthy fats for relatively few calories.

• whole grain

• nutrient dense

• processed foods

• refined grain

Foods that have been changed from their natural state to make them safer or more convenient

• whole grain

• calorie

• processed foods

• refined grain

Grain that’s been milled or processed to remove the bran (outer husk) and germ (the part that can grow into a new plant) to give it a finer texture.

• calorie

• diet

• refined grain

• whole grain