NUTRITION Flashcards

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Sum of all interactions between an organism and the food it consumes

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Nutrition

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Organic and inorganic substances found in the foods for body functioning

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Nutrients

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The nutrien content of a specified food

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Nutritive value

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3 essential Nutrients

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Water
Carbo fats and proteins
Vitamins and minerals

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Neded in large amounts in the body (hundreds of gram)

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Macronutrient

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Needed in small amounts to metabolize the energy providing nutrients

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Micronutrients

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Carbohydrates is composed of

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Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen

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2 types of carbohydrates

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Simple ( SUGARS) complex ( STARCH AND FIBERS)

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High suga content and solid fat foods

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EMPTY CALORIES

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Simplest of all CHO water soluble and produced by both plants and animals

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Sugar

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11
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Single molecule, glucose fructose galactose

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MONOSACCHARIDES

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12
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Double molecule sugar

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Disaccharide

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13
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Either natural or manufactured sources and have almost no calories

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Sugar substitutes

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Insoluble, non seet forms of carbohydrates, exist in plants

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Starches (Polysaccharide)

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A complex CHO derived from plants, supplies roughage or bulkk to the diet

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Fibers

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16
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Biological catalyst that speed up chemical reactions

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Enzymes

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17
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Example of enzymes

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Salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase, maltase, sucrase and lactase

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What is the end product of Carbohydarte digestion?

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Monosacccharid absorbed in small intestines

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19
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Major source of body energy

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Carbohydrates

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20
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Continues to circulate in he blood and provide readily available source of energy

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Glucose

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21
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Stored as either —— or —– in the cells, liver and skeletal muscles

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Glycogen, fat

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22
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What happens when you have high or low blood sugar?

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Reviewer process

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Made up of primarily carbon, hydrogen, oxyge, nitrogen from amino acids and organi molecules

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Proteins

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24
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—– of the bod solids are proteins

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3/4

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2 types of amino acids
Essential Non essential
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Cannot be manufactured by the body and must besupplied in the diet
Essential
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Those that the body can manufacture
Non essential
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Contains all essential amino acidsplus many nonessential ones ( meats, poultry fish, dairy and eggs)
Complete protein
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Lack one or more essential amino acids usually from plats
Incomplete protein
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In protein, Pepsin breakdown , protein in smaller units
Stomach
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End result of broken down proteins?
Amino acids
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Building tissue
Anabolism
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Breaking don tissue
Catabolism
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Reflects the status of protein nutrition in the body. Measuring ana and cata
Nitrogen balance
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Organic substances that are greasy and insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol
Lipds
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Lpidssolid at room temperature
Fats
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Lipids liquid at room temperature
Oils
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Basic structure unit of Lipids
Fatty ACids
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All carbon atoms are filled w/ hydrogen
Saturated fats
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One could accommodate more hydrogen atoms than it currently does
Unsaturated fats
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2 types of unsaturated
Mono - one double bond between 2 carbo ato Poly- more double bond
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Contains 1 or more unconjugated double bond
Trans fat
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Simple lipids, consisting of glycerol 3 fatty acids 90% from ood nd body
Glycerides
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Fatlike substance produced by food needed for bile acids and synthesis of steroid hormones
Cholesterol
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Inorganic compounds, micronutrients and free ions
Minerals
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What makes 80% of minerals
Calcium and phosphorus
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The relationship between the energy derived from food and used by the body
Energy balance
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Amount of energy that nutrients or food supply to the body
Caloric Value
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Unit of heat energy
Calorie
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Amount of heat required to raise tmpt of 1g of water 1celcius
Small calorie
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Amount of heat energy required to raise tempt 1g water to 15-16 Celsius
Kilo calories
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Refers to all biochemical and physiologic process y which the body grows to maintain itself
Metabolism
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The rate at which the body metabolizes food to maintain the energy requirement of a individual who is awake and aat rest
Bassal metabolic Rate BMR
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Amount of energy required to maintain basic body functions
Resting energy expenditure REE
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hOW Is BMR calculated
Measuring rre in the early morning 12 hrs after eating
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Optimal weight for optimal health
Ideal body weight
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Indicator changes in body fat storage whether an individually weight is appropriate for height
BMI
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NUTRIONAL VARIATIONS EXPLAIN
REVIEWER
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Refers to a calori intake in excess of daily energy requirements, resulting in storage of energy in the form of adipose tissue
Overnutrition
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Refers to the intake of nutrient insufficient to meet Dil energy requirements because inadequate foods intake or improper digestion and absorption of food
Undernutrition
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Long term defenciences in caloric intake ( depressed visceral proteins (e.g albumin) weight loss and muscle and ffat wasting
PCM Protein calorie malnutrition