Nutrition 1 Flashcards
What are the essential amino acids?
Essential fatty acids?
Essential amino acids
Histidine
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Methionine
Phenylalanine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Valine
Essential fatty acids
Linoleic
alpha-Linolenic
What is Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)?
Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) : defined as intake meeting nutrient requirements in 97.5% of population of specific age and gender, ie, two standard deviations above the mean requirement.
Schematic of normal distribution of nutrient requirements for a population, area under the curve to the left of arrow indicates coverage of population by DRI
Describe the primary energy sources calorie content:
carbohydrates
lipids/dietary fats
protein
alcohol
What are the current national dietary recommendations?
- primary energy sources carbohydrates ( 4 kcal/g),
lipids or dietary fats (9 kcal/g),
protein ( 4 kcal/g)
- additional energy source is alcohol ( 7 kcal/g)
current national dietary recommendations:
less than 30% kcal from fat ( less than 10% saturated fats, less than 1% trans fats)
15% kcal from protein
55-60% kcal from carbohydrate
Carbohydrate, fat and protein comprise the essential macronutrients
A male patient has been admitted with severe inflammatory bowel disease and significant weight loss. His nutritional requirements include an increase in protein intake to 2.5 g/kg body weight (current recommendation for adults is approx 0.8 g/kg/day), and decrease in calories from fat to 20% of total intake. Patient current weight is 60 kg and energy intake prescription is 2400 kcal/day.
How many calories will be derived from protein? Proportion of total intake?
How many grams of fat will be provided?
How many grams of carbohydrate will be provided?
How many calories will be derived from protein? Proportion of total intake? 600g (25%)
How many grams of fat will be provided? 53.3 g
How many grams of carbohydrate will be provided? 330 g
What is the definition of energy requirement?
amount of food energy needed to balance energy expenditure in order to maintain body size, body composition and a level of necessary and desirable physical activity consistent with long-term good health.
This includes the energy needed for optimal growth and development of children, for deposition of tissues during pregnancy and for production of milk during lactation.
Define calorimetry.
Define indirect calorimetry.
Upon combustion (cellular respiration), based upon its chemical structure each substrate (eg, carbohydrate, fat) produces a set amount of CO2 and energy. How many kcal/mol do glucose and fat produce?
Calorimetry – measurement of heat produced in physical reactions
Indirect calorimetry – calculation of heat produced from measuring CO2 production and O2 consumption.
Glucose produces 671 kcal per mole
Fat produces 2390 kcal per mole
What is the respiratory quotient (RQ) and what does it give you an estimate of?
What would an RQ of .70 indicate? An RQ of 1?
The ratio of CO2 produced to O2 consumed (VCO2/VO2) is called the respiratory quotient (RQ) and gives you an estimate of the relative mix of fuels burned, eg, a RQ of 0.70 indicates that fat was the only fuel burned during the measurement period while RQ of 1.00 is all glucose (RQ greater 1.00 suggests excess glucose is being stored as in after eating)
What is basal or metabolic rate? How is it measured?
Basal or resting metabolic rate – amount of energy required for maintenance of functions essential for life while the body is at rest (eg, respiration, cardiac functions, maintenance of muscle tone).
Measured by indirect calorimetry.
Define joule and calorie. What is the conversion between the two?
1 joule (J) is the amount of mechanical energy required to displace a mass of 1 kg through a distance of 1 meter with an acceleration of 1 meter per second (1 J = 1 kg x 1 m2 x 1 sec2).
1 calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree centigrade. Typically used as 1000 calories or 1 kilocalorie (kcal).
The conversion factors between joules and kilocalories are: 1 kcal = 4.184 kJ, or conversely, 1 kJ = 0.239 kcal.
What are some components of daily energy expenditure in weight stable adults and special stages of growth?
Weight stable adults
basal metabolic rate (resting metabolic rate) 60-70%
dietary-induced thermogenesis (thermic effect of food) 10%
physical activity (non-BMR, non-DIT expenditure) 20-30%
Special stages of growth
growth (tissue development & energy in new tissue)
pregnancy (maternal & fetal tissue deposition)
lactation (milk production & energy in milk)
Describe how the following stages contribute to energy requirements at various points in the life-cycle:
Growth (and energy cost of growth) during first 3 months of life, 12 months, second year…
Pregnancy
Lactation
Growth: energy cost of Growth has 2 components: 1) energy needed to synthesize growing tissues and 2) energy deposited in those tissues
Energy cost of growth is 35% of total energy requirement during the first 3 months of age, falls to 5% at 12 months & 3% in the second year, remains 1 to 2% until mid-adolescence, negligible in the late teens onward
Pregnancy: extra energy needed for growth of fetus, placenta and various maternal tissues, such as the uterus, breasts and fat stores, as well as for changes in maternal metabolism and the increase in maternal effort at rest and during physical activity.
Lactation: energy cost of lactation has 2 components: 1) energy content of milk secreted and 2) energy required to produce milk
Describe the components of the basal metabolic rate (or resting metabolic rate).
What are the most metabolically active organs?
How much BMR does skeletal muscle comprise? Why?
Within cells, what is more BMR energy expended in?
How does this change in exercise?
Over 60% of BMR in healthy adults from heart (most metabolically active), kidneys, liver and brain
Skeletal muscle, although low relative metabolic activity at rest, comprises over 25% of total BMR because of sheer volume of tissue
Within cells, most BMR energy expended in macromolecule turnover, ion transport, and regulatory cycling of intermediary metabolites
In exercise sig. redistribution of that E expenditure.
as exercise increases, muscle metabolic rate or proportion of expenditure increases dramatically
Describe whether the following constitute decreases or increases in BMR:
Down Syndrome Parkinson's disease Anorexia nervosa Asthma Starvation state Very low-calorie diets Hypermetabolic state (burns, sepsis) Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism
Decreases in BMR (per kg of fat-free mass) can occur:
- hypothyroidism
- anorexia nervosa
- Down syndrome
- very-low-calorie diets
- starvation states
Increases in BMR can also be observed:
- hyperthyroidism
- Parkinson’s disease
- asthma
- hypermetabolic state – eg, burns, sepsis
True or False?
1. Overweight and obese individuals have relatively low metabolic rates.
- Low metabolism contributes significantly to obese individuals excess weight gain.
- There are diets available to increase a person’s metabolic rate thereby inducing weight loss.
- A person’s metabolic rate decreases during caloric restriction inhibiting the rate of weight loss.
True or False?
Overweight and obese individuals have relatively low metabolic rates. -False
Low metabolism contributes significantly to obese individuals excess weight gain. (False- In healthy individuals, there is always some variation in parameters of metabolism. There is about a 7-9% normal variation in BMR per kg fat-free mass. However, relatively low BMR does not lead to increased weight gain in most adult populations – White US adults, African-American women, Nigerian adults or Jamaican adults.
In only one population – the Pima Indians of Arizona – has relatively low BMR been associated with increased weight gain.)
There are diets available to increase a person’s metabolic rate thereby inducing weight loss. (False)
A person’s metabolic rate decreases during caloric restriction inhibiting the rate of weight loss. (True)
Explain why the following statement is false:
Overweight and obese individuals have relatively low metabolic rates.
basal metabolic rate comprised of organ mass and tissue (fat mass rel. inert metabolically)
2 people.. one 400 pounds, one 200 pounds and same fat free mass (organ mass, muscle mass, then have same metabolic rate…) per unit weight… 400 pound has lots of extra fat mass adding to weight so now denometer gets much bigger so per kg/mass they have lower metabolic weight but not bc of slower metabolism its due to extra weight from fat tissue
What is the only way to increase metabolic rate?
( cant increase metabolism except short term w caffeine..)
not long term adaptation. only way to increase metabolic weight is add more fat-free mass)
Except for short-term increases in metabolism associated with ingestion of caffeine or ephedrine, diets cannot increase one’s metabolic rate. Increasing one’s fat-free mass (ie, metabolically active tissue) through muscle-building exercise will increase metabolic rate proportionally. Metabolism naturally slows gradually in aging as cellular metabolism slows down.
