10.1 Nutrition Metabolism and Body temp regulation Flashcards
what is a nutrient
major nutrieds
micronutrients
Nutrient - a substance that promotes normal growth, maintenance, and repair
Major nutrients - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
Other nutrients (micronutrients) - required insmall amounts (vitamins and minerals)
*Technically water is a nutrient as well (60% of our diet by volume)
what are essential nutrients
must be eaten because body cannot synthesize these from other nutrients
Nonessential nutrients
vital to life, but if not enough is available, liver can usually convert another nutrient into one needed
what is a calorie
amount of heat (energy) needed to raise
temperature of 1 kg H2O by 1°C
what are teh types of carbohydrates
(CH2O)2
- Monosaccharides: Simple sugars with multiple OH groups.
* Name depends on the number of carbons (3C-triose, 4C-tetrose, 5C -pentose or 6C-hexose
- Disaccharides: 2 monosaccharides covalently linked
- Oligosaccharides: a few monosaccharides covalently linked (up to 9 or 10)
- Polysaccharides: polymers consisting of chains of monosaccharide or disaccharide units
how are polysaccharides stored
- Starches
- glucose polymers that have alpha linkage bonds (alpha 1,4)
- amylose: linear chian of >10 glucose mol
- Amylopectin (~80%) is a branch molecule made of >1000gluclose units
- digested by amylases
- glucose polymers that have alpha linkage bonds (alpha 1,4)
- Glycogen: polysaccharide found in animals and is composed of a branched chain of glucose residues
structural polysaccharides
- Cellulose
- structural component of plants with repeated glucose untis bonded by beta linkages
- humans cant break the beta linkages (dietary fiber)
- ruminants & termintes can digest
- structural component of plants with repeated glucose untis bonded by beta linkages
- Chitin
- one of most abundant natural materials
- has long unbranched chains of glucose similar to celluclose
- compentne tof cell walls of exoskeletons of crustaceans, plants and insects
- one of most abundant natural materials
how are carbohydrates used in the body
- neurons and RBC rely almost entirely on glucose
- excess glucose is conv to glycogen for fat and stored
what are the dietary requirements for carbohydrates
- need about 100g/day (<50g leads to tissue breakdown)
- carbs should be 45-65% of total calorie intake
- strachy foods and milk have nutrients like vitmains and minerals plus complex carbohydrates
- Refined carbohydrate foods (candy and soft drinks) provide an energy source ONLY and are referred to as “empty calories”
dietary sources of lipids
- saturated fats:
- meat, dairy food and few tropical plants (coconut)
- hydrogenated oils (trans fats) like margarine and solid shortening
- Unsaturated fats
- seeds, nuts, olive oil, and vegetables oils
- Cholesterol
- egg yolk, meats, shellfish, and milk
- liver produces 85% of req cholesterol
essential fatty acids
linoleic (omega-6 FA) and linolenic acid (omega-3 FA) are found in most vegetables, fish and shellfish
why are fats important for yout body (uses)
- Fats:
- help the body to absorb vitamins
- major energy fuel of hepatocytes
- heart, skeletal muscle
- component of myelin sheaths and all cell membranes
- Cholesterol
- stabilizes membrnaes and is a precursr of bile salts and steroid hormones
*lipids stored as triglycerides
dietary requriements for lipids
- Fats represent over 40% of the calories in our diets
- should be less than 30% of caloric intake
- saturated fats limit to <10% of total fat intake
- daily cholesterol intake should not exceed 200mg/dl (amoung in one egg yolk)
what subsititudes are available for lipids
- modified starches and gums, and/or milk whey protein (Simplesse)
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Olestra
- fat-based product made from cottonseeds and sucrose
- not metabolized bc tis not digested or abs
- Drawbacks
- Destroyed by the intense heat needed to fry foods
- cramping, flatus (gas, or diarrhea
- interfere w/ abs of fat solube drugs vitmains( A,D,E and K) and phytochemicals like beta carotene, a precursor of vitamin A
dietary sources of protiens
Eggs, milk, fish, and most meats have all the body’s amino acid (AA) requirements
- Legumes (beans & peas), nuts, and cereals are protein- rich but are low in one or more of the essential AA
- Leafy green vegetables are well balanced in all essential AA except methionine, but contain only small amounts of protein
what are the 8 essetail amino acids required in our diet
tryptophab
methionine (those above two better found in corn and grains)
valine
threonine
phenylalanine
leuine
isoleucine (bottom two better found in legumes)
lysine
histidine and anrginine (infants)