GLOSSARY
WORD
Healthy Food
Cardiovascular
Disease
Sustainable
Environment
Nutrients
Breakfast
Energy
Carbohydrates
Calories
MEANING
Any food believed to be ‘good for you’, especially
if high in fiber, natural vitamins, fructose, etc.
Healthy foods may reduce cholesterol, reduce
atherosclerosis and risk of stroke, help control
glucose, halt progression of osteoporosis, and
reduce the risk of infections, cancer
Any abnormal condition characterized by
dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels. In the
United States, cardiovascular disease is the leading
cause of death
.Capable of being continued with minimal long-term
effect on the environment.
The complex of social and cultural conditions
affecting the nature of an individual person or
community.
A food or biochemical substance used by the body
that must be supplied in adequate amounts from
foods consumed. There are six classes of
nutrients: water, proteins, carbohydrates, fats,
minerals, and vitamins. A constituent of food
necessary for normal physiologic function.
The day’s first meal, consumed before lunch.
Power that may be translated into motion,
overcoming resistance or causing a physical
change; the ability to do work. All activities of the
body require energy, and all needs are met by the
consumption of food containing energy in chemical
form.
Any of a group of organic compounds, including
sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums, that
contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and
that originate chiefly as products of
photosynthesis. Carbohydrates serve as a major
energy source for living things.
A unit of heat measurement used in nutrition to
measure the energy value of foods. A calorie is
the amount of heat energy needed to raise the
temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 °C.
TRASLATIOn
Comida Sana
Enfermedad Cardiovascular
Sustentable
Medio Ambiente
Nutrientes
Desayuno
Energía
Carbohidratos
Calorías
Honey
Oat Grain
Coconut Milk
Student
Nuts
Chocolate
Peanuts
Cranberries
Almonds
A sweet, golden-brown, sticky fluid produced by
honeybees from the nectar of flowers and
stored in hives for food; honey has long been
advocated as a healthy food that is superior to
sugar.
Oats are regarded by many as a healthy food;
they are rich in beta-glucans, a type of soluble
fibre, which reduces serum cholesterol by up to
10%. Oats also contains avenalin and avenin,
proteins which are nearly as high in quality as soy
protein and equal to that of meat, milk and eggs;
the protein yield of hull-less kernel is up to 24%,
the highest of all cereals.
A milky fluid extracted from the flesh of the
coconut, used in foods or as a beverage.
is primarily a person enrolled in a school or other
educational institution who attends classes in a
course to attain the appropriate level of mastery
of a subject under the guidance of an instructor
and who devotes time outside class to do
whatever activities the instructor assigns that
are necessary either for class preparation or to
submit evidence of progress towards that
mastery.
Dry fruits with an edible kernel enclosed in a
leathery or woody shell (e.g., almonds, walnuts),
which are a vegetarian food staple.
A comestible prepared from ground and roasted
beans of the cacao plant, Theobroma cacao,
native to South America; it is composed of cocoa
butter,
The edible, nutlike, oily seed of this plant, used
for food and as a source of oil. Also called
regionally goober, goober pea.
. the sour red berry of certain plants belonging
to the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family,
used especially to make a sauce, relish, or juice.
the oval edible nutlike seed (kernel) of the
almond tree, growing in a woody shell, widely
used as food.
Miel
Avena
Leche de Coco
Estudiante
Frutos Secos
Chocolate
Cacahuates
Arándanos
Almendras
BIBLIOGRaphy
healthy food. (n.d.) Segen's Medical Dictionary. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from: https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/healthy+food
cardiovascular disease. (n.d.) Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. (2009). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/cardiovascular+disease
sustainable. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sustainable
environment. (n.d.) The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary. (2007). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/environment
nutrients. (n.d.) Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved
May 9 2019 from https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Nutrients
breakfast. (n.d.) Segen's Medical Dictionary. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/breakfast
energy. (n.d.) Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved
May 9 2019 from https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/energy
carbohydrate. (n.d.) The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary. (2007). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/carbohydrate
calories. (n.d.) Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. (2008). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Calories
honey. (n.d.) Segen's Medical Dictionary. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/honey
oat grain. (n.d.) Segen's Medical Dictionary. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/oat+grain
coconut milk. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/coconut+milk
nuts. (n.d.) Segen's Medical Dictionary. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nuts
chocolate. (n.d.) McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. (2002). Retrieved May 9 2019 from https://medicaldictionary.thefreedictionary.com/chocolate
peanuts. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Retrieved May 9 2019 from
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/peanuts
Cranberries. (n.d.) Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. (2010). Retrieved May 9 2019 from
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cranberries