This simple test will show you how much you really know about diet and how much room there is for learning and gaining new knowledge about optimal diet and health. A raw diet is properly implemented by simply eating all the food that is traditionally eaten cooked, in an uncooked form. correct incorrect Insufficient intake of vitamin C results in ________________. atherosclerosis scurvy depression osteoporosis Each species centers their diet around the very food it can find in its __________________________________, and which it can obtain using its ___________________________, always giving preference to that food that requires the ___________________ energy for obtaining it. natural environment, anatomy, least global supermarket chain, tools, most local restaurant, credit card, least natural environment, anatomy, most Humans are the only species with different blood types. Other animal species have only one blood type. correct incorrect Fruit tastes ____________________ until its seeds have matured enough to be ready to ________________. sweet, sprout sour, compost sweet, turn into a young tree sour or acid, sprout The consumption of processed, high-calorie foods with enhanced flavors results in a jump in _____________ levels to an even higher level than after consuming fruit. The body then makes a new preference, always trying to find the ________________ source of calories because it sees it as a safer means for ___________________. triglycerides, most scarce, extinction serotonin, poorest, saturation dopamine, richest, survival estrogen, richest, resting The most effective food for providing high levels of bodily energy is the one that gives ______________________________ necessary for its processing. less fuel than the amount of nutritional energy more fuel than bodily fuel less fuel than the amount of bodily energy more fuel than the amount of bodily energy Dehydration of people on a standard diet stems from putting that food in the digestive system that ______________________________, so the body must _______________________________ in order to eliminate it through the intestines. has an optimal water content, push it through by using additional energy in the intestinal peristalsis does not have an optimal iron content, enrich it with oxygen lacks enough water, "soak" it with water from its own bodily resources lacks enough fiber, enrich it with protein Due to the very ____________ content of calories in vegetables, ________ are not a sustainable source of calories, and so _________ remain a more reliable and sustainable source of calories. low, vegetables, fruits high, vegetables, fruits low, fruits, vegetables high, fruits, vegetables As far as nutrients from the diet are concerned, the rule "more is better" applies. correct incorrect Every species in nature is attracted to those very foods that are just for that specific species, with their ___________________ color, smell and taste. unprocessed original unadulterated all the above answers