HUMB1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Collagen, Anemia, Ticker Symbol
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Nutrients: chemicals taken into the body to. Chemicals that must be taken into the body, because we can"t make them ourselves. Include some amino acids/fatty acids/carbs, water, most vitamins and minerals. Plants, vegetables: recommended amount, lipids, triglycerides. 45-65% of daily intake of kilocalories [60%] Poultry: recommended amount, proteins, chains of amino acids. 20-35 % or less of total daily kilocalories [30%: recommended amount. 10-35 % of total kilocalories per day [10%: vitamins, minerals, water, organise molecules (vitamin a, b, e) Animal and plants products: inorganic nutrients (calcium, iron) Compendium 3 - are you what you eat page 30. Sucrose (table sugar) = glucose + fructose. Stored in humans in liver & muscle. Humans break down starch: carbohydrate absorption. Transported to liver via hepatic portal vein: uses in the body. Excess beyond storage is converted to fat. Sugars also become part of dna, rna, and apt, glycoproteins, glycolipids. Stored as glycogen and stored in muscles and liver cells.
