Chapter 26 Flashcards
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This is secreted from the stomach when empty to produce the sensation of hunger?
Ghrelin
What are the three short-term regulators of appetite?
Ghrelin
Peptide YY
Cholecystokinin
Secreted from the ileum and colon too signal satiety and terminate eating?
Peptide YY
Secreted from the duodenum and Jejunum to produce an appetite suppressant effect?
Cholecystokinin (CCK)
These activate mechanisms for adding or reducing fat?
Long term regulators of appetite
Secreted from adipocytes in proportion to one’s fat stores and informs the brain how much body fat we have?
Leptin
Secreted from the pancreas and informs the brain of the body’s fat stores?
Insulin
Where do the hormones have receptors to regulate appetite?
The hypothalamus
Hunger is also stimulated by?
Gastric peristalsis
When do hunger contractions begin?
Soon after the stomach is emptied
What is considered obesity?
Greater than 20% of the recommended Norm
In the USA what percentage of adults are obese? What percentage of adults are overweight?
30% are obese
35% are overweight
What is obesity determined by?
It is determined by our BMI (kg/m2)
Excessive weight increases risk of what diseases?
Athersclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, joint pain, kidney stones, and cancers
Consumption of excess calories in childhood causes ______________ to increase in size and number?
Adipocytes
In adults Adipocytes do not multiply but what happens to the cell?
The cell size changes
A measure of the capacity to do biological work?
Calorie
The amount of heat that will raise 1 g of water 1°C?
1 calorie
One kilocalorie or Calorie equals how many calories?
1000 calories
Carbohydrates and proteins yield how many kilocalories per gram? Fats yield how many kilocalories per gram?
4 kcal/g
9 kcal/g
Any ingested chemical use for growth, repair, or maintenance?
Nutrients
Ingested chemicals Consumed in large quantities
Macronutrients
Ingested chemicals where only small quantities are required?
Micronutrients
These chemicals must be included in the diet?
Essential nutrients
What does PDV mean?
Percent daily value
Carbohydrates (CHO) - percent daily value (PDV) = what percent of calories?
40 to 50% of calories
Some sugars are components of other molecules, most carbohydrates serve as?
Fuel
__________ and __________ Depend on carbohydrates for energy Needs?
Neurons and red blood cells
Excess carbohydrates are converted to what?
Fats
Polysaccharides are what kind of carbohydrates?
Complex
What are three types of polysaccharides?
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose
What are three examples of disaccharides?
Sucrose (sugarcane, beets), lactose (milk), maltose (grain)
Name three types of monosaccharides?
Glucose, galactose, fructose
All carbohydrate digestion ultimately generates_____________?
Glucose
Sources of carbohydrates?
Plants mostly and should be mostly complex carbohydrates
What is the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of fiber?
30 g/day
Fiber is plant material that resists?
Digestion like cellulose and pectin
Water insoluble fiber in the intestines does what?
Absorbs water
Swells
Softens feces
Thus speeding up the passage of feces
Water soluble fiber reduces?
Blood cholesterol and LDL
Lipid percent Daily value equals?
Less than 30% of calories with saturated fat less than 10%, cholesterol less than 300 mg a day
Function is to Compact stored energy and insulation
Lipids
Necessary for absorption of vitamins A, D, E, and K?
Lipids
Phospholipids and cholesterol are in ________ _________, Myelin, etc.
Plasma membranes
These type of lipids must be obtained from the diet?
Essential fatty acids
Excess lipids is a risk factor for what diseases?
Diabetes, CVD, breast and colon cancers
When the carbon chains have as many hydrogen as possible this is called?
Saturated fat
Predominately from animals, coconut, and palm oil
Raises serum cholesterol all levels
Saturated fat
Unsaturated fats that have been saturated?
Hydrogenated oils
Carbon chains that have fewer hydrogen?
Unsaturated fats