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Answer True or False:
Spinach builds strong muscles.
Canned or frozen foods contain less nutrients than fresh foods.
Nibbling on chocolate may actually be healthy.
Select the right answer:
4. What is the most dangerous fat in your body?
a. The fat in your thighs
b. The fat in your buttocks
c. The fat in your belly
5. When have you had enough water?
a. When you have to go to the bathroom about every 30 minutes
b. When your urine is clear enough to read through
c. When your urine is odorless
d. When you feel slightly bloated all the time
[We all know that the anwers are available on the Internet, but please don’t cheat ]
Spinach builds strong muscles. ** True, spinach has iron and calcium. As we all know calcium helps in contraction of muscle which helps the muscle grow (the whole phenomena of contracting muscle to rupture it to result in an increase in its size). Muscle has a higher demand of oxygen and iron helps in carrying it to the muscle (iron is a component of hemoglobin which carries oxygen in the blood stream) **
Canned or frozen foods contain less nutrients than fresh foods. ** False, canning and freezing foods properly should not reduce its nutritional value and in some cases you can increase it by adding more nutrients during the canning and freezing process. **
Nibbling on chocolate may actually be healthy. ** Yes, research has shown that certain components in cocoa have health benefits and can reduce risk of i believe certain cancers and heart disease (the antioxidant properties are responsible for this). This is the same claim for red wine. **
Select the right answer:
4. What is the most dangerous fat in your body?
a. The fat in your thighs
b. The fat in your buttocks
c. The fat in your belly
** C This is why they say women are at a lower risk because women tend to gain fat in their thighs and buttocks (called pear shape) and men gain it more often in the abdominal area (called apple shape). Although later in age women also become apple shaped. This is also why waist circumference is an important measure when determining if a person is healthy or not. The waist circumference recommendations are less than 80cm for women and 90cm for men (and even slightly lower for those of South Asian ethnicity).**
5. When have you had enough water?
a. When you have to go to the bathroom about every 30 minutes
b. When your urine is clear enough to read through
c. When your urine is odorless
d. When you feel slightly bloated all the time
** This one I'm not sure about. I think it is C because if the odor is too strong it would mean the urine is too concentrated and there are not enough fluids in the body. **
Yes, I know the answers because I recently finished my Bachelors in Foods and Nutrition Science.
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