Chap. 1

• An experiment is a scientific study that is used to test a hypothesis
• Important parts of a study?

  a control group
• Important parts of a study?

  replication
• Important parts a study?

  Double blind
• Do animal studies act as a precursor for human studies?

  Yes
• What is nutrition?

  digestion of food to nourish the body
• What is a chronic disease?

  A disease that comes on slowly and lasts for years
• What are chronic diseases associated with?

  poor nutrition
• What are vitamins classified into?

  Water and fat soluable
• What is our primary source of energy?

  Carbs
• What is a micronutrient?

  Vitamin
• What is the term for a factor that can influence how a researcher feels towards the experiement?

  A bias
• What is the American diet high in?

  Sodium, sugar, sat. fat, calories
• What is the American diet low in?

  Vitamin D, fiber, calcium, potassium
• What are inorganic nutrients?

  Water

  Minerals
• What are the two components of wellness?

  Nutrition

  Physical Activity
• What are macronutrients?

  Support a good amount of bodily health and energy

  carb, lipid, protein
• Is fiber a kind of carb?

  Yes
• What do lipids include?

  triglyceride, phospholipid, sterol
• What are lipids and carbon composed of?

  oxygen, carbon, hydrogen
• What are the most common lipids in food?

  triglycerides
• What are triglycerides stored as?

  Adipose
• What are proteins composed of?

  Nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen
• What are proteins important in?

  maintaining water balance, building new cell tissues
• Are vitamins a micronutrient?

  Yes
• How are vitamins divided?

  Water and fat soluable
• Do vitamins not supply energy to our bodies?

  Yes
• Fat soluable vitamins?

  ADEK
• Water soluble vitamins?

  SEA BEE
• Are minerals micronutrients?

  Yes
• What are minerals divided into?

  trace and majpr
• Is water a macronutrient?

  Yes
• What is a hypothesis?

  consistently repeated by experiments untilit becomes a theory
• What is a theory?

  A scientific explanation oh why a phenomena occurs, based on experiments
• What are major minerals?

  Minerals with greater than 100 mg in a daily diet
• What does a good experiment have?

  Large sample size
• What does a good experiment have?

  control group
• What does a good experiment have?

  control for other variables
• What are one of the drawbacks of animal studies?

  May not apply directly to humans
• What are the pros of animal studies?

  used as preliminary studies for human studies