Nutrition Ch3&4 – Flashcards

A person can eat when hunger is absent because:

As food moves through the digestive tract it spends the most time in the:

Digestion of foods includes the mechanical actions of:

As the villi in the small intestine are exposed to nutrients:

Alcohol's effect on nutrition is important because:

If you are taking medications to treat the discomfort caused by heartburn, it is important to know that:

If you do not eat on a regular basis throughout the day, the effect on the body will be:

the digestive juices in the digestive tract include:

The digestive tract needs _____, which provides the bulk against which the muscles of the colon can work.

The liver converts excess energy-containing nutrients into:

The main purpose of the kidneys in the body is to:

The primary organ of digestion and absorption is the:

The stomach's main function is the digestion of what nutrient?

The vast majority of fat digestion takes place in the:

When the pancreas detects a high concentration of the blood's sugar, glucose, it releases:

Which of the following advice would you give to a friend suffering from constipation?

You have just consumed a meal very high in fat. As a result, hormonal messages will tell an organ to send _____ in amounts matched to the amount of fat present.

Without food to replenish it, the liver's glycogen supply can be depleted within:

You are concerned about a classmate who is binge drinking on a regular basis and want to let him know about long-term complications that may rise from that practice. What would you tell him to try to convince him to cut back on drinking?

Which of the following deliver(s) one-half ounce of ethanol?

A desirable intake of dietary fiber is _____ grams daily, according to the Academy of Nutrition (American Dietetic Association).

A person with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes has just been advised that he should begin a 2100-calorie diet with 45% of the energy coming from carbohydrate. How many grams of carbohydrate would that be?

A friend complains of blurred vision, cravings for sweets, weakness, and excessive thirst and urination. These symptoms are suggestive of:

According to the Dietary Reference Intakes, people should obtain about _____ percent of their daily energy from carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates are essential to provide energy for the body because:

Complex carbohydrates:

Characteristics of type 2 diabetes include all of the following except:

Current dietary guidelines for the United States recommend:

Fruits differ from concentrated sweets because:

In the past three decades, carbohydrate intake in this country has:

It can be said that the energy we obtain from foods comes from the sun. This is because:

It would be appropriate to recommend high-fiber foods to someone trying to lose weight because: a. fiber speeds up movement of foods through the upper digestive tract. b. fiber promotes a feeling of fullness. c. fiber may displace calorie-dense concentrated fats. d. a and b e. b and c

Lactose intolerance can cause nutritional complications because:

Products of the incomplete breakdown of fat that occurs when carbohydrates are not available are called:

The disaccharides include:

Which of the following is the most-used monosaccharide inside the body?

Which of the following terms would you look for on a bread label to choose the most nutritious product?

Which of the following would you recommend for a person with lactose intolerance?

You are trying to convince someone that a low-carbohydrate diet is undesirable. Reasons you would give to support your statement include:

Digestion of most starch begins in the: