Health Kayla
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- Fiber
- The part of grains, fruit, and vegetables that the body can not break down.
- Kidneys
- Pair of organs that filter water and waste materials from the blood.
- self-esteem
- the confidence and pride you have in yourself
- Bulimia Nervosa
- When a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food and then makes themselves throw up.
- Saliva
- Digestive juices produced in your mouth.
- Mouth
- Crushes and grinds in digestion.
- Emotions
- feelings such as love, joy, or fear.
- psychological fatigue
- extreme tiredness caused by your mental state.
- Calorie
- Unit of heat that measures the energy available in foods.
- Esophagus
- Throat
- ABC's of good health
- Aim for fitness, Build healthy base, Choose sensibly
- Unsaturated Fats
- healthier for you, and found in vegetable oils
- Personality
- a special mix of traits, feelings, attitudes, and habits.
- Water soluble vitamins
- Examples are Vitamins B & C
- Fats
- Source of energy and are essential for vital body functions. Examples are meat and dairy
- Complex Carbohydrates
- Last longer and recommended you eat more of. Examples include breads, cereals, dry beans, and potatoes
- Steps of Digestion
- Mouth, Stomach, Small Intestine, Colon
- Vitamins
- Help to regular the body functions, including helping the body process other nutirents and fight infections
- Simple Carbohydrates
- Easily broken down. Examples include fruits, sugar, and milk
- Body Mass Index
- Also known as BMI, it is a way to assess your body size by taking your height and weight into account.
- Minerals
- Examples include calcium, potassium, iron and sodium
- Stress
- your body's responce to changes around you.
- 3 major organs of excretory system
- Kidneys, bladder and Colon are the major organs in this system.
- Distress
- stress that prevents you from doing what you need to do or that causes you discomfort.
- Binge Eater
- A person who repeatedly eats large amounts of food at one time.
- stressors
- the striggers of stress.
- The 3 factors that shape your personality
- Heredity, Environmant, and Behavior.
- Nutrient dense
- Foods that have a hight amount of nutrients relative to the number of calories.
- Minerals
- Strengthen bones and teeth, keep blood health and keep heart and other organs working properly
- Small Intestine
- Useful material extracted and most of digestion takes place here.
- Excretion
- Process by which the body gets rid of waste material.
- Carbohydrates
- Starches and sugars that provide the body with most of its energy
- Digestion
- Process by which the body breaks down food into smaller components that can be absorbed by the bloodstream and sent to each cell in your body.
- Saturated Fats
- raise blood cholesterol and increase risk of heart attack
- Self Concept
- the view you have of yourself.
- 6 Factors that influence food choices
- Personal taste, geography, family & friends, advertising, cost and convenience.
- Empathy
- the ability to identify and share another person's feelings
- Fat soluble vitamins
- Examples are Vitamins A,D,E & K
- Eustress
- stress that can help you accomplish goals.
- Proteins
- Needed to build and repair muscle. Important especially during periods of growth
- Colon
- Water removal storage tube for solid wastes in digestion.
- Water
- Helps with digestion, carries nutrients throughout the body, removes wastes from the body, and help regulate body temperature.
- Protein Examples
- Examples include meat, fish, poultry, eggs, fish, milk, cheese, nuts, dry beans
- Physical Fatigue
- extreme tiredness of the whole body.
- Stomach
- Chemical breakdown of foods in digestion.
- Adrenaline
- a hormone that increases the level of sugar in your blood, thereby giving your body extra energy.
- Amount of water you should drink per day
- 8 - 10 glasses.
- Anorexia Nervosa
- When a person has an intense fear of weight gain and starves themselves.
- RDA
- Recommended Daily Allowance
- Resilient
- able to bounce back from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.
- Cholesterol
- A waxy substance used by the body to build cells and make other substances.
- Mental and Emotional Health
- your ability to deal in a reasonable way with the stresses and changes of daily life.
- Fatigue
- extreme tiredness caused by your mental state.