Nutrition Flashcards

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Define obesity

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An obese individual is someone with a BMI over 30

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What are the six essential chemical nutrients for a healthy diet?

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Water Essential fatty acids Essential amino acids Fibre Carbohydrates Vitamins and minerals

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What are the three clinical forms of acute malnutition?

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Marasmus Kwashiorkor Marasmatic kwashiorkor

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Describe the causes and features of marasmus

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Characterised by severe wasting of fat and muscle which the body metabolises as an energy source. Caused by a rapid deterioration in nutritional status. Complications include heart failure, reduced liver, renal function, recurrent infections. Presents as skin-and-bones appearance,

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Define basal metabolic rate

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The energy required to perform fundamental metabolic processes such as breathing, transport, cellular turnover etc

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Define factors which affect BMR

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Age, sex, weight, trauma/disease

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7
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Give three examples of conditional nutrients

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Conditional nutrients are nutrients which may be required from the diet if the body is unable to produce sufficient levels on it’s own. Examples include Carnitine, Inositol, Folate

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Define the form and function of vitamins

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Vitamins are organic compounds which are required by the body in limited amounts. Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions which cannot be synthesized by the body in sufficient amounts. Essential for normal growth and development

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what is the dietary fate or protein, carb, fat

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Proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates into monosaccharides, fats into fatty acids and glycerols.

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9
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What are the factors that contribute to obesity

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Age Sex Diet Genetics Mental health Physical activity

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10
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Name three uses of essential fatty acids

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Required for membrane fluidity, fat metabolism and transport and synthesis of prostaglandins.

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Name the 6 essential nutrients required in the diet

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Water Calories (carbohydrates and fat) Essential amino acids Essential fatty acids Vitamins and Minerals Fibre

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Give two examples of micronutrient deficiencies

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Vitamin A deficiency: Vitamin A (retinol) produces retinol required for the formation of rhodopsin, also plays a role in normal growth and differentiation of cells. Deficiency is the most common cause of preventable blindness in children.

Iron defiency: Important co-factor, forms part of the protoporphryn ring of haeme, binds oxygen in Hb. Deficiency causes anaemia

Vitamin C: Important co-factor for procollagenase enzymes. Deficiency results in a lack of hydroxylation of proline and lysine, leading to poor cross-linking and instable collagen fibres. Scurvy.

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Give an example of carbohydrate intolerance

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Lactose intolerance: Lactose broken down into glucose and galactose by lactase enzyme. Lactose intolerance is caused by the inability to sufficiently digest lactose and so it is malabsorbed. In individuals with a deficient lactase enzyme, lactose is not broken down, causing diarrohoea, bloating and flatulence. In individuals with “true” lactose intolerance have a normal lactase enzyme but galactose is not broken down. Build up in the body leads to liver impairment and cataracts. Neonates fail to thrive.

Fructose intolerance: Fructose normally enters the glycolysis pathway in cells by being phosphorylated to fructose-6P by hexokinase. When glucose concentrations are high it is metabolised in the liver by fructokinase to Fructose-1P then phophofructoaldolase to DHAP and glyceraldehyde, In fructosurea lack of fructokinase means there is no fructose uptake and it is lost in the urine. If the phophofructoaldolase enzyme is absent then F-1P accumulates in the liver and lowers the phosphate supply. This shuts off glycolysis and leads to tissue damage

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What is the main function of cholesterol?

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Cholesterol is used for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones.

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15
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What are the five classes of lipoprotein?

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chylomicron

vldl

idl

ldl

hdl

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What are chylomicrons?

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The packaged form of dietary lipids. They contain triacylglycerides,cholesterol and apoproteins.

Chylomicrons provide the main mechanism for transporting the digestion products of dietary fat the liver and peripheral tissues. Apoproteins binds to specific receptors in adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and the liver which allows liprotein lipase to remove and store the triglycerides. Cholesterol is taken up in the liver

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Describe the role of VLDLs

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Contain most of the triglycerises synthesised endogenously by the body.

Excess fat and carbohydrate is converted into TAG in the liver, packaged into VLDLs and released into the circulation. Adipose and muscle harvest TAG for VLDLs using lipprotein lipase in the capillary endothelium. This leaves a partile called IDL.

VLDLs are the body’s main source of eneergy during prolonged fasting.

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What are IDLs

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Intermediate density lipoproteins. Formed as triacylglycerols are removed from VLDLs.

Most IDLs bind to the liver and are broken down. Some have more TAGs removed and become LDLs

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Describe the role of LDLs in cholesterol transport

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LDL particles are the main carriers of cholesterol and deliver it to the liver and peripheral cells.

LDL is taken up into cells by receptor mediated endocytosis. LDL paricles are then destroyed by liposomes, freeing cholesterol required for membrane synthesis. Cholesterol synthesised in the liver is then packaged into lipoproteins or oxidised into bile salts.

The number of hepatic clearance receptors (LDL-R) on the cell surface is regulated by the concentration of intracellular cholesterol. High intracellular cholesterol inhibits synthesis of the receptor, therefore reduing uptake and increasing levels of LDL in the blood.

LDL particles can then deposit lipid into the walls of the peripheral vasculature

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Describe the role of HDLs

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HDLs are produced in the liver and intestine.

They are disc shaped, seemingly inert and contain apoproteins and phospholipids. The mature HDL particles take up cholesterol from cells in the peripheral tissues which is then esterified by an enzyme.

The HDL particle transports cholesterol away from the periphery and may transfer it indirectly to other particles such as VLDL in the circulation or deliver its cholesterol directly to the liver (reverse cholesterol transport) and steroid-synthetic tissues (ovaries, testes, adrenal cortex).

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How can high levels of LDLs lead to athersclerosis?

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Endothelial injury or damage leads to an inflamatory response. Injury may be caused by trauma, nitcotine, high blood pressure ot high levels of LDL in the blood.

Lipoproteins (e.g. LDLs) leak across the endothelium and accumulate in the subendothelial space.

Macrophages accumulate at teh lesion and enter the subendothelial space. They ingest lipoproteins and become foam cells due to the presence of high cytoplasmic lipid droplets. Smooth muscle cells may also migrate into the subendothelial space and transition into foam cells. As foam cells die, they release harmful cellular contents that can contribute to the repturing of the plaque and development of blood clots.