Chap.6
Terms
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- 15.megadoses
- very large amounts of nutrient supplements
- 8.anorexia nervosa
- a disorder in which the irrational fear of becoming obese results in severe weight loss from self - induced starvation
- 11.rehydration
- restoring lost body fluids
- 6.nutrient - dense
- foods high in nutrients relative to their caloric content
- 1.overweight
- weighing more than 10 percent over the standard weight for height
- 7.weight cycling
- the cycle of losing, regaining, losing , and regaining weight
- 5.BMI
- the ratio of weight to height
- 21.food allergy
- a condition in which the body's immune system overreacts to substances in some foods
- 13.vegans
- vegetarians who eat only foods of plant orgin
- 20.cross - contamination
- the spreading of bacteria from one food to another
- 19.perishable
- liable to spoil
- 4.undernutrition
- not consuming enough essential nutrients or calories for normal body functions
- 3.underweight
- being 10 percent or more below normal weight
- 12.carbohydrate loading
- storing extra glycogen in the muscle
- 17.contaminant
- a substance that spoils or infects
- 18.pasteurized
- treated by a process of heating to destroy or slow the growth of pathogens
- 2.obesity
- excess body fat, or adipose tissue
- 16.foodborne illness
- food poisoning
- 22.food intolerance
- a negative reaction to a food or an ingredient in food that is not reelated to the body's immune system or to food poisoning
- 14.nutrient supplements
- Pills, powder, liquids, and other synthetic forms of nutrients
- 10.electrolytes
- Nutrients that become electrically charged when in solution
- 9.bulimia nervosa
- a disorder in which cycles of overeating are followed by some form of purging or clearing of digestive tract