FN - Foods & Nutrition FN 30300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Glutamine, Arginine, Pepsin

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What are proteins: structural and functional material in cells, involved in almost every process in your body. Nine essential amino acids: cannot be made by the body. It is (cid:862)esse(cid:374)tial(cid:863) to o(cid:271)tai(cid:374) the(cid:373) fro(cid:373) the diet. Eleven nonessential amino acids: can be synthesized in the body from other amino acids or by adding nitrogen to carbon-containing structures. Conditionally essential amino acids: under certain conditions, some nonessential amino acids cannot be made in body. Proteins are not all linear but can be coiled. Proteins may contain 100 10,000 amino acids. Digest and absorb-chewing, stomach acid, enzymes pepsin digest or breakdown proteins in di- and tri- peptides which allows final breakdown to individual amino acids. The liver decides how the amino acids are used by your body. Depending on need your body can: make new proteins; enzymes, hormones, etc, use as energy source, convert to glucose if you are not consuming enough carbohydrates, travel to individual cells for use.

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