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Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Caffeine, Nutraceutical, Broccoli

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goldcoyote699
23 Dec 2016
School
Western University
Department
Foods and Nutrition
Course
Foods and Nutrition 1021
Professor
Rod Martin

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Food choices and human health in 1897 the rst vitamin was discovered and in 1948 the last one was. 15 grams of carbohydrates in an apple there is 60 calories. It is a long term disease that causes degeneration or deterioration of organs. Ex. heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dental disease: role of genetics/heredity. Purely genetic (anemia of sickle cell disease); dietary (vitamins & mineral de ciencies); genetics and dietary (diabetes & osteoporosis); dna: role of lifestyle choices. Smoking/tobacco, alcohol abuse, physical activity, sleep, stress, environment: nutritional genomics. How nutrients and genes can have an effect on each other. Personalized tests on how an individuals consumption of food will interact with their genes to increase the reduction for their risk of disease: basic foods. Most of your diet should contain these foods. Will receive optimal health, prevent malnutrition and chronic disease: natural foods. Used to promote wholesome but has no true de nition: partitioned foods.

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Food that we consume is composed of very complex molecules.During the digestive process these compounds are broken down intosmaller and smaller subunits in preparation for use by the body asbuilding blocks needed for the many components of the human body.The chicken and rice that were eaten by Matt and Maria containedingredients composed of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and othercomponents such as minerals, water and vitamins.

** From the point that the specific metabolites are absorbedfrom the GI tract, trace the path of the resulting metabolites tothe following locations in the body for incorporation into the bodystructure:

1.Metabolites of protein for use in the Gastrocnemius muscle formuscle maintenance.

2. Metabolites of the carbohydrates for energy to contract thecardiac muscle cells.

3. Metabolites of fat to incorporate into the myelin sheaths ofthe Schwann cells of the Trigeminal nerve that innervates theMasseter muscle.

4. Water for incorporation into the synovial fluid of the hipjoint.

5. Iron for incorporation into red blood cells in the bonemarrow of the sternum.

Food that we consume is composed of very complex molecules.During the digestive process these compounds are broken down intosmaller and smaller subunits in preparation for use by the body asbuilding blocks needed for the many components of the human body.The chicken and rice that were eaten by Matt and Maria containedingredients composed of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and othercomponents such as minerals, water and vitamins. ** From the pointthat the specific metabolites are absorbed from the GI tract, tracethe path of the resulting metabolites to the following locations inthe body for incorporation into the body structure: 1.Metabolitesof protein for use in the Gastrocnemius muscle for musclemaintenance. 2. Metabolites of the carbohydrates for energy tocontract the cardiac muscle cells. 3. Metabolites of fat toincorporate into the myelin sheaths of the Schwann cells of theTrigeminal nerve that innervates the Masseter muscle. 4. Water forincorporation into the synovial fluid of the hip joint. 5. Iron forincorporation into red blood cells in the bone marrow of thesternum.

(Note:1-5 are not answer choices)