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Macronutrients Flashcards

1
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Why is studying nutrition important?

A

health maintenance and disease management

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2
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Nutrient

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any food constituent that helps support life

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3
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6 Categories of Nutrients

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  1. Water
  2. Carbs
  3. Proteins
  4. Fats
  5. Vitamins
  6. Minerals
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4
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Is ATP a nutrient?

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NO, it is energy but it is created within the body

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5
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What fraction of nutritional needs comes from water?

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2/3 (two-thirds)

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6
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What fraction of nutritional needs comes from dry matter?

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1/3 (one-third)

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7
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What percent of dry matter is energy yielding?

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anywhere from 50-80%

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8
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What categories of nutrients yield energy?

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carbs, fats, and proteins

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9
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What percent of dry matter is made up by vitamins?

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0.2-0.3%

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10
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What percent of dry matter is made up by minerals?

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2-3%

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11
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Basic Body Functions that need nutrients (5)

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  1. Energy supply
  2. Structural components
  3. Temperature Control
  4. Enchancement/requirement for chemical rxns
  5. Transport of substances
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12
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Two Sources of Water

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  1. Ingestion
  2. Metabolic
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13
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How much of the water requirement comes from metabolic sources?

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5-10%

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14
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Amount of body water in obese patients compared to leaner patients

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Obese patients = less body water

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15
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What % of total body mass is water?

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40-80%

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16
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Do water requirements increase or decrease with age?

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decrease (less uinary water loss and less surface area per unit of body weight)

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17
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What % water can be lost before becoming ill?

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10%

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18
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What % water can be lost before death?

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15-20%

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19
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4 Main Functions of Water

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  1. Solvent
  2. Chemical Rxns
  3. Thermoregulation
  4. Structural
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20
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Factors that Affect Water Quality (3)

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  1. Mineral content
  2. Nitrates/nitrites
  3. Bacterial contamination
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21
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Is coliform bacteria a pathogen itself?

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no, it is an indicator that water may not be pathogen-free however

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22
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Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)

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general indicator of water quality

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23
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Unacceptable level of TDS

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greater than 7000 ppm

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24
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TDS level for humans and pets?

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less than 500 ppm

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25
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4 Ways the body loses water

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  1. Urination
  2. Defecation
  3. Evaporation
  4. Perspiration
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26
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Which has more concentrated urine - dogs or cats?

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cats

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27
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3 Consequences of Water Intoxication

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  1. Hemodilution
  2. Hyponatremia
  3. Edema in the brain
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28
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How is your daily water requirement related to your daily energy requirement?

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Daily water requirement (mL/day) = Daily energy requirement (kCal/day)
(more or less equal to each other)

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29
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A

formula for carbohydrates (all composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen)

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30
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Lactose

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glucose + galactose

31
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Sucrose

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glucose + fructose

32
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What type of polysaccharides are digesible and why?

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starches (ex: amylose and amylopectin) and glycogen because they have alpha bonds

33
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What types of polysaccharides are not digestible?

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fibers (beta bonds)

34
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Randle Cycle

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glucose and fatty acids compete for oxidation and uptake in muscle and adipose tissue (aka glucose sparring)

35
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Gelatinization of Starches Effect on Digestability

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increases digestability

36
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Primary Location for Carbohydrate Digestion

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small intestine (various enzymes from the pancreas (amylase) and in the brush border)

37
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5 Effects of Unabsorbed Carbohydrates

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  1. High osmotic pressure (reducing water and mineral absorption)
  2. Abdominal distension
  3. Diarrhea
  4. Bacterial Overgrowth
  5. Overproduction of gas/flatuence
38
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What is the main water source for desert animals?

39
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Endogenous Energy Stores

A

glycogen and fat

40
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Metabolism of carbs to energy occurs via

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glycolysis and TCA cycle

41
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4 Examples of Metabolic ByProducts

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  1. Non-essential AAs
  2. Glycoproteins
  3. Lactose
  4. Vitamin C
42
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How does the body eliminate carbohydrates?

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mainly carbon dioxide, water, and heat after oxidation in the body; flatulence (bacterial fermentation in intestinal lumen)

43
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Xylose

A

used to test absorption in dogs

44
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Lactulose

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prebiotic and laxative; syntetic dissacharide (body doesn’t have enzyme to breakdown)

45
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Glycoaminoglycan

A

polysaccharide often put in dietary supplements for joints

46
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Oligosaccharides

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prebiotics (support bacterial growth)

47
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Resistant Starches

A

Increased deitary fiber

Reduce carb absorption –> reduce glucose levels –> lower glycemic index

48
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Problem with too much resistant fiber?

A

Remains in intestinal lumen and messes with osmotic pressure so can decrease nutrient intake and absorption

49
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What makes up an amino acid? (3)

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  1. Carboxyl group (COOH)
  2. Alpha amino group (NH2)
  3. R group (unique)
50
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How many AAs are commonly found in proteins?

51
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Peptide Bonds

A

the bonds in amino acids

52
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What makes an amino acid essential?

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the body cannot synthesize [enough] AA so it needs to come from the diet

53
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3 Ways AAs Hekp Body Function

A
  1. Structural components (elastin, collagen, keratin)
  2. Functional units [of muscle, enzyme, hormones, etc]
  3. Precursors
54
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Do younger animals need more or less AAs?

55
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How does the size of a meal affect protein concentration?

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animals who eat large meals at once need lower protein concentrations/lower calorie foods

56
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Maintenance Protein Requirement

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dietar yprotein that much be consumed to replace obligatory nitrogen loss

57
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Imbalance

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AA required in protein synthesis is not available (but others are in excess)

58
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Antagonism

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AAs with similar structure

59
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Protein Quality

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refers to efficiency of converting AAs for use in the tissue

60
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Factors that Affect Protein Quality

A
  1. Amount and Proportions of Essential AAs
  2. Imbalance/Antagonism
  3. Processing (lower digestability)
  4. Animal vs. Plant Source
61
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What source of protein is typically more digestable - animal or plant?

62
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Peptidases

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secreted by the pancreas and in intestinal mucosa to breakdown/digest smaller peptides and AAs

63
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Digestion of large polypeptides in the stomach is done by what?

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pepsin and HCl

64
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What happens to unabsorbed AAs?

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used in bacterial fermentation and increases fecal odor

65
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How is ammonia excreted from the body?

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urea (via the urea cycle)

66
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3 Important AAs in Vet Med

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  1. Taurine
  2. Arginine
  3. Glutamine/Glutamate
67
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Taurine is essential for what species?

68
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Functions of Taurine

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  1. Absorption of dietary fats
  2. NT in the CNS for body temperature and brain development
  3. Heart and retina maintenance
  4. Reproduction
69
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Why is taurine essential for fat absorption in cats?

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tauine is the only AA that binds to bile acids

70
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Arginine

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essential AA important in the urea cycle; cats are sensitive to deficiencies

71
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How can taurine deficiencies in cats lead to DCM?

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cardiomyocytes do not contract as efficiently without taurine

72
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Does taurine have any antioxidant function?

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yes, important for the heart and eyes

73
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Glutamine/Glutamate

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[conditionally] essential AA; importnant in TCA, generating NADPH and GABA, and the antioxidant glutathione

74
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GABA is a what?

A

neurotransmitter

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