The Amazing Health Quiz By Elizabeth

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3. What kind of shake is popular among body builders that may add more to your waist than your muscles?

Strawberry shake

Banana pudding shake

Protein shake

Kale shake

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9. _ is added to prenatal vitamins to prevent spina bifida.

Portion sizes

Toad stools

Folic acid

Rubbing alcohol

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14. Organic food doesn't need to be carefully washed, if raw, or fully cooked because natural fertilizers, such as manure, don't carry diseases.

True

False

Organic food MUST be carefully washed, if raw, or fully cooked because natural fertilizers, such as manure, DO carry diseases

Explanation

Organic food MUST be carefully washed, if raw, or fully cooked because natural fertilizers, such as manure, DO carry diseases

15. The USDA (who regulates the NOP [national organic program]) does not have enough ___________ to carefully guarantee that all farmers are abiding by their rules.

Inspectors

Money

Specificity in their rules

Brains

do you like how i used the word "specificity"?? from Inception (Joseph Gordon-Levitt uses it) :D

Explanation

do you like how i used the word "specificity"?? from Inception (Joseph Gordon-Levitt uses it) :D

16. Organic food can be sold at a higher price than other food, tempting some farmers to try and cheat the system.

True

False

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21. Glucose is your blood sugar.

True

False

22. American teens today drink twice as much as .

Beer, water

Milk, grape juice

Hot Kool-Aid, lemonade

Soda, milk

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24. Organic food should be free of and __.

Calories

Hormones

Antibiotics

Red meat

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25. What vitamin, found in fish, meat, dairy, and eggs, helps make red blood cells and gives you energy???

(Madison, you better get this one!)

B6

B12

B9

B1

26. If you eat too many carrots, you skin may turn_____________.

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Indigo

Violet

27. Glycemic load is more predictive of insulin spikes than is _ _.

Glycemic index

Dietary fibers

Refined sugar

Whole grains

28. The majority of vegetarians are male.

True

False

Females

Explanation

Females

29. Vegan's lack...

Complete proteins

Calories

Complimentary proteins

Incomplete proteins

30. Naturally occurring mercury is most likely to be found in__________.

Meat

Lettuce

Eggs

Fish

31. ___________________ builds bones and teeth, aids muscles and nerves, and helps maintain blood pressure.

Magnesium

Potassium

Zinc

Calcium

32. Maple sugar is a healthy, complex carbohydrates.

True

False

Whole grains

Explanation

Whole grains

33. If someone is not overweight, one way to predict whether or not he will have clogged arteries in the future is to look at his _______________.

Face

Genetics

Thighs

Plate before he eats

34. __ & are the simple sugars.

Trisaccharides

Tetrasaccharides

Monosaccharides

Disaccharides

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35. Increasing water consumption can improve your genetics.

True

False

complexion

Explanation

complexion

36. helps clear the body of _ by carrying blood cholesterol away from your arteries to the liver.

LDL, HDL

Water, clots

HDL, LDL

Caffeine, sugar

37. Foods with Omega-3 fatty acids, like fish, can increase HDL.

True

False

YEP!

Explanation

YEP!

38. Omega-3 & Omega-6 fatty acids are the main ____ in our diet.

Polyunsaturated fats

Fatty acids

Visceral fat

39. The formal name for fat is _________________.

Triglycerides

Subcutaneous

Blubber

Lard

40. Potassium, found in meat, eggs, and beans, aids blood and brain health.

True

False

Iron

Explanation

Iron

41. Vitamin is added to milk to prevent _____.

A, spina bifida

B6, rickets

C, spina bifida

D, rickets

Vitamin D is added to milk to prevent rickets.

Explanation

Vitamin D is added to milk to prevent rickets.

42. Complete proteins contain all the _______ from animal-based foods like meat and eggs

Non-essential amino acids

Essential amino acids

Omega-3 fatty acids

Omega-6 fatty acids

43. Incomplete proteins are groups of proteins added together to make complete proteins.

True

False

Complimentary proteins

Explanation

Complimentary proteins

44. Thirty percent of your calories should come from _______________.

Water

Caffeine

Fluoride

Fat

you better not have chosen water!

Explanation

you better not have chosen water!

45. About half of all the energy needed by the body is provided by _______________.

Carbohydrates

Fat

Caffeine

Protein

46. Non-nutritious sugars added to food for taste are called ___ _.

Refined sugars

Dietary fibers

Empty calories

Whole grains

The Amazing Health Quiz By Elizabeth

1. To make cheese you need_____________, part of an animal's stomach.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. _________ is derived from animal skin and bones.

3. What kind of shake is popular among body builders that may add more to your waist than your muscles?

4. There are eleven _____________ ________ ________ that CAN be synthesized by the human body.

5. The __________ _________ found in vegetable oils can increase inflammation and pain.

6. When _____________ was added to water starting in the 1960's, tooth decay went down.

7. The fat on your body that you can't see is visceral fat that grows close to your _____________ and _______________.

8. According to the ______________ ________________ you need more GRAINS than MEAT.

9. _____________ ____________ is added to prenatal vitamins to prevent spina bifida.

10. Nutritional guidelines list general __________________ ______________ because no one can eat everything they need every day.

11. Avocados, bananas, lima beans, and oranges contain ____________________ that helps maintain fluid balance and blood pressure.

12. Vitamin _____, found in citrus fruits, red berries, and broccoli, helps the body absorb iron and calcium and promotes healing.

13. Vitamin ______, found in green vegetables, fruit, dairy, and eggs, promotes skin, immune system, and eye health.

14. Organic food doesn't need to be carefully washed, if raw, or fully cooked because natural fertilizers, such as manure, don't carry diseases.

15. The USDA (who regulates the NOP [national organic program]) does not have enough ___________ to carefully guarantee that all farmers are abiding by their rules.

16. Organic food can be sold at a higher price than other food, tempting some farmers to try and cheat the system.

17. Fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, and E, and iron and calcium are most likely to be [toxic -OR- non-toxic] __________ because they are stored in the body and can build up.

18. Which is not a common food-borne bacteria? Salmonella Shigella Bronchitis Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus Aureus E. Coli Botulism

19. Milk sugar is called ______________.

20. Sucrose is commonly called ______________ _____________.

21. Glucose is your blood sugar.

22. American teens today drink twice as much ____________ as ____________.

23. The structural parts of plants that digest in the intestines are called _______________ _____________.

24. Organic food should be free of __________ and ____________.

25. What vitamin, found in fish, meat, dairy, and eggs, helps make red blood cells and gives you energy???(Madison, you better get this one!)

26. If you eat too many carrots, you skin may turn_____________.

27. Glycemic load is more predictive of insulin spikes than is ___________ ___________.

28. The majority of vegetarians are male.

29. Vegan's lack...

30. Naturally occurring mercury is most likely to be found in__________.

31. ___________________ builds bones and teeth, aids muscles and nerves, and helps maintain blood pressure.

32. Maple sugar is a healthy, complex carbohydrates.

33. If someone is not overweight, one way to predict whether or not he will have clogged arteries in the future is to look at his _______________.

34. ________________ & ______________ are the simple sugars.

35. Increasing water consumption can improve your genetics.

36. ________ helps clear the body of _________ by carrying blood cholesterol away from your arteries to the liver.

37. Foods with Omega-3 fatty acids, like fish, can increase HDL.

38. Omega-3 & Omega-6 fatty acids are the main ______________ __________ in our diet.

39. The formal name for fat is _________________.

40. Potassium, found in meat, eggs, and beans, aids blood and brain health.

41. Vitamin ________ is added to milk to prevent _____________.

42. Complete proteins contain all the _______________ ________ ________ from animal-based foods like meat and eggs

43. Incomplete proteins are groups of proteins added together to make complete proteins.

44. Thirty percent of your calories should come from _______________.

45. About half of all the energy needed by the body is provided by _______________.

46. Non-nutritious sugars added to food for taste are called _______________ _____________.

4. There are eleven _____ that CAN be synthesized by the human body.

5. The __ _ found in vegetable oils can increase inflammation and pain.

7. The fat on your body that you can't see is visceral fat that grows close to your _ and ___.

8. According to the __ you need more GRAINS than MEAT.

9. _ is added to prenatal vitamins to prevent spina bifida.

10. Nutritional guidelines list general ____ because no one can eat everything they need every day.

18. Which is not a common food-borne bacteria?

Salmonella
Shigella
Bronchitis
Listeria monocytogenes
Staphylococcus Aureus
E. Coli
Botulism

20. Sucrose is commonly called __ _.

22. American teens today drink twice as much as .

23. The structural parts of plants that digest in the intestines are called ___ _.

24. Organic food should be free of and __.

25. What vitamin, found in fish, meat, dairy, and eggs, helps make red blood cells and gives you energy???

(Madison, you better get this one!)

27. Glycemic load is more predictive of insulin spikes than is _ _.

34. __ & are the simple sugars.

36. helps clear the body of _ by carrying blood cholesterol away from your arteries to the liver.

38. Omega-3 & Omega-6 fatty acids are the main ____ in our diet.

41. Vitamin is added to milk to prevent _____.

42. Complete proteins contain all the _______ from animal-based foods like meat and eggs

46. Non-nutritious sugars added to food for taste are called ___ _.