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Six Diseases that a high fibre diet helps prevent - Answer-Colon Cancer Constipation Diverticulitis Hemorrhoids Gallstones Appendicitis 3WQHow does a high fibre diet prevent disease - Answer--Increases fecal bulk and speeds up transit time through the digestive system so harmful substances aren't allowed to sit there for longer. (COLON CA) -Viscous fibre lowers blood cholesterol and normalizes blood glucose. (protects against HEART DISEASE & DIABETES) -Foods with fibre prevent excess...

Explain the concept of dietary patterns - Answer-The complex mixture of many different foods that people eat. A dietary pattern is the sum of thousands of individual substances. Define Phytochemicals - Answer-Extremely diverse substances that share 3 features: 1. organic 2. found in plant foods. 3. are not vitamins (are not essential) example: carotenoids (includes beta-carotene, lycopene) associated with lower risk of heart disease and cancer Describe the general characteristics of vita...

Applied Science correct answers draws on many disciplines of science (biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religion, microbiology, agriculture, geography, and business) Essential Nutrients correct answers must be provided directly by foods Nutrition correct answers multi-disciplinary study of processes by which nutrients are handled in body (how food nourished the body) -study of human behaviour related to food 6 major classes of nutrients c...

Explain the concept of dietary patterns correct answers The complex mixture of many different foods that people eat. A dietary pattern is the sum of thousands of individual substances. Define Phytochemicals correct answers Extremely diverse substances that share 3 features: 1. organic 2. found in plant foods. 3. are not vitamins (are not essential) example: carotenoids (includes beta-carotene, lycopene) associated with lower risk of heart disease and cancer Describe the general character...

Nutrition is defined as - The study of the function and interaction of nutrients, and the processes by which the body uses them. An essential nutrient is not - Synthesized by the body in sufficient quantity. In a complete chemical analysis of food, in general, the greatest component would be - water An organic compound can be defined as - a substance or molecule containing carbon A nutritional deficiency can be detected in its earliest stages by - Laboratory tests of urine and blood ...

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Applied Science - draws on many disciplines of science (biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, genetics, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religion, microbiology, agriculture, geography, and business) Essential Nutrients - must be provided directly by foods Nutrition - multi-disciplinary study of processes by which nutrients are handled in body (how food nourished the body) -study of human behaviour related to food

Vitamin D Name - Cholecalciferol Vitamin D Functions (3) - Increases calcium levels (increases Ca from intestines-specific carrier protein, Increase Ca reabsorption from kidney tubules, Increase Ca removal from bones) Works with Parathyroid Hormone ACTS LIKE A HORMONE (metabolic/ neuromuscular functions) Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms(3) - Rickets, legs bow in (valgus deformity), legs bow out (varus deformity), rachitic rosary (beads along ribs) (swelling of rib joints), osteomalacia (adult...

Nutrition - Study of nutrients and other biologically active compounds in foods and in the body; also human behaviours related to food Nutrients - Components of food that are indispensable to the bodies functioning. Provide energy, serve as building material, support growth, maintain or repair body parts. Essential Nutrients - Must be provided directly from food

UNIT 2 - General Principles of Research in Nutrition* when has the majority of nutrition research been conducted? - since 1900 when was the first vitamin identified - 1897 when was the last vitamin identified - 1948 when as the first protein structure described? - mid 1940s