Digestive System | Vitamins and Minerals | Nutrients | Food Products | Other |
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What is the long tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach?
Esophagus
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What vitamin or minerals helps prevent tooth decay and is found in toothpaste?
Fluoride
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Name the 6 essential nutrients?
carbs, fats, protein, vitamin, minerals, water
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What is the major food companies brand called?
National
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What is the process of breaking down food in the body called?
digestion
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What is the place that chews food, mixes it with saliva, and gets ready to move into the esophagus?
Mouth
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What vitamin helps heal wounds and increases resistance to infection?
Vitamin C
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Which nutrient provides the body's main source of energy?
Carbohydrate
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What is term for when a person has poor nutrition which may be caused by nutrient deficiencies, food shortages, and poverty?
malnutrition
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What is the place where all of your food is mixed up with digestive juices and turned into liquid called CHYME
Stomach
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What mineral are you missing in your diet if you have problems with your bones (osteoporosis)
Calcium
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Which nutrient helps build, maintain, and repair body tissues. Made of of amino acids
protein
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The % daily value is based on a _______ calories diet?
2,000
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If not used, sugar will turn into what in the body?
Fat
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What is the place where digested molecules of food, water, and minerals are absorbed. All absorption takes place here.
Small Intestine
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Salt causes people to have high blood pressure. What mineral are they eating too much of if this happens?
Sodium
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Fats that are solid at room temperature are called what?
Saturated Fat
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Food and drink packages are marked with dates that help consumers know about how long the product will be fresh what are they called?
open dating
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What are the two types of carbohydrates?
simple and complex
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What is the enzyme that breaks down food in the mouth?
Amylase
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If a person is having muscle cramps what are they missing in their diet?
Potassium
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What nutrient is vital for digestion; it helps the body more food through the digestive tract?
Fiber
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Which are the two nutrients added to the food label?
Vitamin D and Potassium
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How many calories are in 1 tsp of sugar?
16 calories
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