Nutrition Trivia
Show off your nutrient savvy and prove you’re more than just a bag of chips—time to flex your whole foods know-how!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Through which route does the body eliminate most excess vitamin C when intake exceeds absorption?
Urine
What term describes charged minerals like sodium, potassium, and chloride that help regulate fluid balance and conduct electrical impulses in the body?
Electrolytes
Which crunchy “negative-calorie” vegetable is falsely claimed to burn more calories chewing and digesting than it provides?
Celery
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that added sugars account for at most what percentage of daily calories?
10%
Often dubbed “bad cholesterol,” what does the LDL in LDL cholesterol actually stand for?
Low-density lipoprotein