Dietetics
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1. RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE
The average daily nutrient intake level that meets the nutrient requirements of 97-98% of healthy individuals in a particular life stage and gender group.
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2. FOLIC ACID
The synthetic form of a b-complex vitamin needed for growth and reducing incidence of neural tube defects. Deficiency can lead to enlarged red blood cells, pancytopenia, and spina bifida.
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3. TABLESPOON
Three teaspoons equal one of these.
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9. VITAMIN C
This water soluble micronutrient is found in fruits and vegetables such as broccoli, bell peppers, kiwi, sweet potato, and guava. It’s an antioxidant needed for collagen synthesis and wound healing. Chronic deficiency can lead to wounds failing to heal, bleeding gums, weak bones, tooth loss, skin lesions, and depression.
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10. VITAMIN A
This fat-soluble vitamin is found in carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and cantaloupe. Some of its functions include vision, skin, and immune function. Deficiency can lead to impaired vision, spots on the whites of the eyes, and thickening of skin around hair follicles.
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11. FIBER
A complex carbohydrate that humans lack necessary enzymes to digest, but healthy gut bacteria help break down.
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12. GLUCONEOGENESIS
When the body lacks adequate glucose, it can create glucose from non-carbohydrate sources such as amino acids and lipids through this process.
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4. ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
A molecule used by cells as a source of energy.
5. PROBIOTICS
These are found in foods such as yogurt, kefir, kimchi, miso, tempeh, kombucha, and sauerkraut.
6. VITAMIN D
This fat-soluble micronutrient is found in fortified milks, juices, cereals, and yogurts as well fatty fish. Some of its functions include bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis. Skin can produce it when exposed to sunlight.
7. MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
A counseling style that uses listening and guiding to help people explore their motivations and barriers to help them discover their own reasons to make positive changes.
8. CARPAL
This group of small bones of the wrist are called the ____ bones.