Basal Metabolic Rate

Uses energy while at rest to keep vital functions going, such as breathing and keeping warm.

Calories

A unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C (now often defined as equal to 4.1868 joules).

Carbohydrates

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.

Cholesterol

A compound of the sterol type found in most body tissues.

Diabetes

a disease in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood and urine.

Dietary Fiber

Includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb

Digestive system

Where your body breaks down food and absorbs nutrients.

Electrolytes

A liquid or gel that contains ions and can be decomposed by electrolysis, e.g., that present in a battery.

Fats

A natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

Macronutrients

The nutrients we need in larger quantities that provide us with energy.

metabolism

The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

micronutrients

A chemical element or substance required in trace amounts for the normal growth and development of living organisms.

Mineral

A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence

nutrients

A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.

Protein

Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that have large molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids and are an essential part of all living organisms.

saturated fat

A type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules without double bonds, is considered to be less healthy in the diet than unsaturated fat.

Trans fat

An industrial process that adds hydrogen to vegetable oil, which causes the oil to become solid at room temperature.

Unsaturated fat

A type of fat containing a high proportion of fatty acid molecules with at least one double bond, is considered to be healthier in the diet than saturated fat.

vitamins

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

Water

Acolorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.