NUTRITION 2

Why does nutrition matter?  Given that food is essential to health, and food companies make many sometimes misleading claims about their products, the more one knows about nutrition the more able one is to make healthy dietary decisions.

Why does nutrition matter? Given that food is essential to health, and food companies make many sometimes misleading claims about their products, the more one knows about nutrition the more able one is to make healthy dietary decisions.

1. True or False? A calorie is the energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 2 degrees Celsius.

True

False

2. How many calories are there in a gram of fat, protein, or carbohydrate?

One gram of fat, protein or carbohydrate each have the same number of calories (4 calories per gram).

Fat gram: 4 calories, protein gram: 5 calories, carbohydrate gram: 6

Fat gram: 5 calories, protein gram: 6 calories, carbohydrate gram: 4

Fat gram: 7 calories, protein gram: 5 calories, carbohydrate gram: 5

Fat gram: 9 calories, protein gram: 4 calories, carbohydrate gram: 4

3. True or False? The “good fats” are mono- and poly-unsaturated fats, while the “bad fats” are saturated and trans fats.

True

False

4. Proteins are made up of _____________.

enzymes

lipoproteins

amino acids

bioflavonoids

phytochemicals

5. _______________ protect cells from the harmful effects of free radicals.

Amino acids

Antioxidants

Lipoproteins

Monosaccharides

Polysaccharides

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