What are the reasons people make food choices? Know examples from each category.
Personal preference (sweet, spicy, salty).
• Habit.
• Ethnic heritage or religion.
• Social interaction.
• Availability, convenience, economy (Accessible, easy to prepare, affordable).
• Positive and negative associations.
• Emotional comfort (bored, depressed, anxiety).
• Values (religious beliefs, environmental concerns.
• Body weight image.
• Nutrition and health benefits.
2. What are the 6 classes of nutrients? .
• Minerals (inorganic).
• Water (inorganic).
• Carbohydrate (organic).
• Lipid (fat) (organic).
• Protein (organic).
• Vitamins (organic).
3. What is a phytochemical? .
Is a nonutrient (fiver, phytochemical, pigments, additives) compounds found in a plant, derived foods that have biological activity in the body. .
4. What nutrient is present in the highest amount in most foods? .
Water. .
5. What is an essential nutrient? .
A nutrient that the body does not make or makes enough of. So these must be supplied by food.
6. Know which nutrients are the energy yielding nutrients (ie, provide kcalories) .
• Carbohydrate 4.
• Lipid 9.
• Protein 4.
7. Know the which nutrients are the macronutrients and which are the micronutrients .
Macronutrients: are nutrients that provide energy, energy is measured in kcalories. .
• Protein .
• Carbohydrate .
• Lipid .
Micronutrients: are essential, and not energy yielding .
• Vitamins: organic, water soluble, and fat soluble, destructible when cooked, every bodily action requires assistance from nutrients.
• Minerals: inorganic, indestructible when cooked.
• Water: inorganic.
8. Know how many calories are provided by protein, carbohydrate, fat and alcohol .
• Protein 4.
• Carbohydrate 4.
• Lipid 9.
• Alcohol 7.
9. Be able to calculate the total kcalories of a food item. (see the "how to" on page 10) .
