Chem w1-part1

Nutrition

________ is the process of providing and obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

Nutrients

________ are molecules found in foods that nourish the body by providing energy and materials essential for growth and development.

Metabolism

________ refers to all the chemical reactions that take place inside an organisms body.

Food Chemistry

________ deals with the composition and properties of food and the chemical changes it undergoes during handling, processing, and storage.

Potential chemical energy

________ is the stored energy in food.

Macronutrients

Supply energy needed by the body to grow and function

Macronutrients

The body requires these nutrients in relatively LARGE amounts.

Macronutrients

Carboydrates, Proteins, Fats

Micronutrients

Do not provide energy but keep the body functioning

Micronutrients

The body requires these nutrients in relatively SMALL amounts.

Micronutrients

Vitamins and Minerals

major classes of nutrients

categorized as macronutrients or micronutrients depending on how much of them the body needs

Fad diet

a diet that is popular for a time, similar to fads in fashion. Fad diets usually promise rapid weight loss or other health advantages, such as longer life

most foods

are mixtures of nutrients but many of them contain a lot of one nutrient and a little of the other nutrients.

foods

are often grouped according to the nutrient that they contain in abundance.