front 1 Basal Metabolic Rate | back 1
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front 2 Calories | back 2 A measurement of the energy content of food. |
front 3 Carbohydrates | back 3 any of a large group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starch, and cellulose, containing hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water (2:1) and used as structural materials and for energy storage within living tissues. |
front 4 Cholesterol | back 4
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front 5 Diabetes | back 5 Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Glucose is your body's main source of energy. |
front 6 Dietary Fiber | back 6 Dietary fiber, also known as roughage or bulk, includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb. Unlike other food components, such as fats, |
front 7 Digestive system | back 7 Your digestive system is a group of organs that work together to digest and absorb nutrients from the food you eat. |
front 8 Electrolytes | back 8 the ionized or ionizable constituents of a living cell, blood, or other organic matter. |
front 9 Fats | back 9 a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs. |
front 10 Macronutrients | back 10 a type of food (e.g. fat, protein, carbohydrate) required in large amounts in the diet. |
front 11 Metabolism | back 11 the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
front 12 Micronutrients | back 12
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front 13 Minerals | back 13 a solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence. |
front 14 Nutrients | back 14 a substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. |
front 15 Protein | back 15 Proteins are large, complex molecules that play many important roles in the body |
front 16 Saturated Fat | back 16 a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds, considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fat. |
front 17 Trans Fat | back 17 another term for trans-fatty acid. |
front 18 Unsaturated Fat | back 18 a type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fat. |
front 19 Vitamins | back 19 any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body. |
front 20 Water | back 20 a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. |