FN 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Dietary Fiber, Basal Metabolic Rate, Trans Fat

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Essential nutrients: nutrients that the body cannot manufacture for itself and must obtain from food. Macronutrients: nutrients required by the human body in the greatest amounts, including water, carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Calorie: the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree. The equivalent of a thousand such calories or kilocalorie. Micronutrients: vitamins and minerals needed by the body in very small amounts. 4 calories in every gram of protein or carb. Need for macronutrients depends on how much energy you expend. Carbs, fats, proteins can substitute for one another in providing calories. Adults should get 45-65% of calories from carbs, 20-35% from fat and 10-35% from protein. Basal metabolic rate: the number of calories required to sustain the body at rest. Amino acids: organic compounds containing nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Complete proteins: proteins that contain all the amino acids needed by the body for growth and maintenance.

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