Nutri Facts

1. Anemia - disease cause by iron deficiency.

2. Kwashiorkor - protein deficiency

3. Fats - most abundant source of energy

4. Vitamins - organic substances needed in minute quantities useful for normal metabolism.

5. Nutrients - science that interpret the relationship of food to the functioning living organisms.

6. Fruit and vegetables - good source of vitamins and minerals.

7. Marasmus - energy deficiency

8. Tomatoes - source of vitamin b12

9. Malunggay - leaves is nutritious as 4 eggs and 200 grams of milk.

10. Cashew - has the highest vitamin c content.

11. Gabi leaves - has the highest vitamin a content.

12. Legumes - callled the cheapest and highest source of protein.

13. Iron - necessary for building and maintaining body's blood supply and it gives color to the blood.

14. Malnutrition - lack of essential nutrients.

15. Sinigang na isda - one dish meal.

16. Carbohydrates -- average na pagkain ng mga Pilipino.

17. Fructose - pinakamatamis sa lahat ng asukal.

18. Protein - important nutrients in our brain. Support rapid grow and development.

19. 6 years - full brain development of a child.

20. Refined sugar - high percentage of carbohydrates.

21. Skin cancer - caused by the uv ray of the sun.

22. Vitamin C - water siluble Vitamin

23. Calcium phosphorus - responsible for bone and teeth.

24. Vitamin A,D,E and K - fat soluble vitamins.

25. Vitamin A - prevents night blindness "nyctalopia"

26. Vitamin D - prevents rickets

27. Vitamin K -- maintain normally functioning of blood clotting malanin of the body.

28. Calorie - the unit in measuring the amount of heat in the body.

29. Ptyalin - enzyme found in saliva.

30. Osteoporosis - lack of calcium

31. Breakfast - the most frequently missed meal of the day.

32. Anorexia - loss of appetite for food.

33. Bulimia nervosa - eat a lot of food in a short period of time.

34. Toxemia - result of mal-nourish pregnant adolescence.

35. Green&yellow vegetables, squash, and yellow corn are the good source of carotene.

36. Hygiene - healthful practices

37. Nutrition - refers on how the body utilize food in order to live.

38. Antioxidants - reduce the appearance of wrinkles and face lines. Anti-aging substance.

39. Vitamin B1(thiamine)- prevents beri-beri

40. Vitamin B2( riboflavin) - prevents cracking at angles of the mouth.

41. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) - prevents dermatitis of the eyes, nose, mouth and behind the ears.

42. Vitamin M - prevent sealy skins. Eating large quantities of egg whites.

43. Minerals - called the body protector

44. Folic acid - prevent anemia

45. Osteomalacia - vitamin d deficiency in adult.

46. Xeropthalmia - vitamin a deficiency.

47. PD #491 - nutrition act of the Philippines. ( June 25, 1974)

48. NNC - National Nutrition Council. It is a policy making and coordinating body in nutrition in the
country. Chaired by DOH ( DEPARMENT OF HEALTH)
49. Adolescents - period of transition between childhood and adulthood. Between 10 to 19 years of age.

50. Puberty - stage where boys and girls undergo physical changes.

51. NSA - Nutritional Status of Adolescence

52. BMI - Body Mass Index

53. FNRI - Food and Nutrition Research Institute

54. Neuraminidasea - hydrolytic enzyme that occurs on the surface of the pneumococcus, influenza-
causing viruses, and some paramyxoviruses as an antigen and that splits mucoproteins by breaking a
glucoside link.

55. When coconut is mixed with q tsp of olive oil, it cann remove your intestinal worms.

56. Malaria -- vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites.

57. DHF - Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

58. RDA - Recommended Dietary Allowances

59. Calcium - for bone development.

60. Phosphorus and magnesium - work in coordination with calcium to build bones and teeth.

61. Shipping meals - may result to protein energy mal-nutrition and macronutrient dificiency.

62. Fad diet - popular diet

63. Yo-Yo effect of dieting -- method of dieting, that if you cannot sustain may result to going back to
normal weight.

64. BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate

65. UTI - Urinary Tract Infection

66. Pellagra - It is a dietary-deficiency disease resulting from inadequate intake of niacin.

67. Arrhythmia - An irregularity in the rhythm of the heartbeat.

68. scientific name of guava "Psidium guajava"

69. Palindromia - . It is a relapse or recurrence of an illness or disease.

70. Dietotherapy - It is the scientific regulation of diet in treating disease.

71. Lethargy - It is a condition characterized by sleepiness, indifference, and lack of energy.

72. The slowness of heart rate is referred to Bradycardia.

73. Chelates -- is a term to describe minerals that are attached to other molecules such as proteins or
carbohydrates and used to improve the bio-availability of minerals.

74. Anthropometry - . It refers to the study of measurement of the physical characteristics of the body
such as height and weight.

75. Dehydration - It is a lack of adequate fluids in the body.

76. Casimir Funk - is a Polish-American chemist considered as the “Father of Vitamin Therapy” and was
the first to coin the term “vitamin” as vital factors in the diet.

77. Axerophthol is the same as what vitamin a.

78. Vitamin D2 is a viosterol.

79. Ferdinand Marcos was the Philippine President who declared July as a month of nutrition.

80. Hippocrates - is referred to as the “Father of Medicine”.

81. Tetanus Toxoid - It protects the unborn child from the tetanus and is given to the mother twice.

82. Bradyphagia - is slowness in eating

83. Edward Melllanby - discovered the vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets.

84. Hallux Varus - is a great toe displacement toward other toes.

85. Gastrocele - means hernia of the stomach.

86. Scoliosis - the medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side.

87. Carcinogen - It is any chemical or agent that causes cancer.

88. Obesity - is a chronic disease characterized by excessively high body fat in relation to lean body
tissue.

89. Wellness - It is the state of being healthy and fit, gaining all nutrients.

90. Erepsin - is a mixture of enzymes contained in a protein fraction found in the intestinal juices that
digest peptones into amino acids.

91. Nutrition - is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other

substances in food in relation to

maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.

92. Amoeba feeds with the help of Pseudopodia.

93. An example of higher plant parasite is Cuscuta.

94. Parotid gland is a salivary gland.

95. Trypsin - enzyme that is secreted in an inactive form.

96. Dengue - viral infection from a female mosquito ( Aedes)

97. Fever, rashes and head ache are the symptoms in dengue.

98. Go Foods - energy and heat giving foods. Rich in carbohydrates.

99. Grow Foods - body building and repairing foods. Rich in proteins.

100. Glow Foods - body regulating and protective foods. Rich in vitamins and minerals.