BIOL-UA 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Glycogen, Positive Feedback, Salivary Gland

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Lecture 11: animal nutrition: nutrition: food taken in, taken apart and taken up. Omnivores: regularly consume animals as well as plants and algae: cow and panda have digestive adaptations to diet. Panda is not as good and move slower than cows so they don"t extract energy as well: diet: Chemical energy; converted to atp to power cellular processes. Organic building blocks (organic c and n) to make organic molecules. Essential nutrients needed by cells must be ingested. Vegans and vegetarians must work harder to get essential nutrients. Soy is a complete source with essential nutrients yet may be lacking in other necessary chemicals. Cravings: mountain goats lick rocks- to get salt: essential nutrients: Need 20 amino acids in their diet and can make half from molecules in their diet. Other essential amino acids must be taken in from food. Most plant proteins are incomplete in amino acid composition. Animals can make most fatty acids they need.

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