Vignette #1 Carly is an overweight 21-year-old who is committed to good health after taking a nutrition course. She realizes that being a savvy shopper is part of the process and decides to learn how to look more critically at food labels. She picks up two different boxes of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal and sees the food labels shown in Figure 1. Help Carly evaluate these two breakfast cereals. ​ Carly wants to stay healthy and decides to purchase the cereal that may help prevent heart disease and cancer. Which cereal would she buy and why?

You are looking for a legitimate, qualified dietitian to advise you on a healthy eating plan for your family. Which characteristic might alert you to do further research?

Which two minerals need special attention in the diets of all vegetarians?

What are organic, or carbon-containing, essential nutrients that are vital to life but needed only in relatively minute amounts?

A likely result of exercising vigorously for an hour in hot, humid weather without drinking any fluids is ____.

A diet that does not overemphasize any food type or nutrient at the expense of another is following which characteristic of a healthy diet?

Degenerative illnesses sometimes known as ____.

Vignette #1 You and your friend Karen are having lunch out and you order an iced tea. Karen sees you reach for the pink packet of Sweet ’N Low, stops your hand, and says, “Don’t you know that stuff is bad for you? I read that it causes cancer, and I also know people who say that Equal, another nonnutritive sweetener, gives them headaches.” As your conversation continues, let’s show Karen how well informed you are concerning nonnutritive sweeteners by answering the following questions: Which nonnutritive sweetener should be entirely avoided by individuals with phenylketonuria (PKU)?

The ________ protects the esophagus from stomach acid splashing back into the esophagus.

When present in the small intestine, ____ stimulates peristalsis.