Nutritions and Metabolism

Question 1

Homeostatic

Answer 1

is the set point (idk what that means, but that’s all the slide says)

Question 2

What percentage of weight is genetics?

Answer 2

30-50%. Studies with identical twins show that

Question 3

What are the three short term regulators of appetite?

Answer 3

Empty stomach (hunger), Food in ileum (fullness) , food in duodenum (fullness)

Question 4

What are the two long term regulators?

Answer 4

Adipocytes release leptin (store fat)–more fat=more leptin.

Question 5

What part of the brain is the appetite controlled in?

Answer 5

The hypothalamus region

Question 6

What are the three places calories in our diet come from?

Answer 6

Carbohydrates - 4 kcal/g. Fats - 9 kcal/g. Proteins - 4 kcal/g (remember numbers and that fats is the highest)

Question 7

What are essential amino acids

Answer 7

Things that you can’t get from your body and need to get from food.

Question 8

Which is stored and which is not: glucose, glycogen

Answer 8

Glucose = not stored Glycogen = stored

Question 9

Proteins are what percentage of body mass?

Answer 9

80-90%

Question 10

How many amino acids can the body synthesis

Answer 10

All but 8 of the AA. They are called essential amino acids. Sources of them are meat, eggs, dairy, bean