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Health Unit 2
LHS Health Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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Appetite | the emotional need for food |
Basal Metabolic Rate | how fast your body burns calories |
Fad Diet | a diet that might work, but it is costly and unsafe |
Fasting | not eating any food |
Hunger | the physical need for food |
Obesity | 20% more than what you should weigh by the height-weight chart |
Additives | anything added to food to improve color, texture, taste or shelf life |
Emulsfler | keeps fats from separating in food items |
Enriched | the product had the ingredient, lost it in processing and it is put back in (Bread is with iron) |
Fortified | the product never had the ingredient but it is added in (Milk is with Vitamin D) |
Leading Agent | makes baked goods rise (yeast) |
Preservatives | keeps food from spoiling |
Product Date | an estimation or how long the food is usable (pack date, sell date, expiration date, use by date) |
Unit Price | price by ounce or pound |
Carb Loading | eating lots of carbs before an athletic event and cutting back on exercise |
Diabetes | when the body does not use or produce insulin correctly and blood sugar is high or low |
Hypoglycemia | when body produces too much insulin and burns up sugar so blood sugar is low |
Insulin | hormone created by the pancreas that breaks down sugars in the blood |