BIOL1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rickets, Vitamin D Deficiency, Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL1003
• Professor: Osu Lilje

Document Summary

Chemicals needed for the building of tissues, maintenance of bodily functions, and production of energy. Essential nutrients = those that must come from outside the body. Non-essental nutrients = synthesized by the body (but still important) One of the most readily available nutrients in nature. High carb foods include: grains, pasta, white rice, starchy foods and artificially sweetened sodas, lollies, etc. Monosaccharaide sugars are composed of one molecule. Glucose is the fuel for mot physiological processes in the body. Disaccharides (e. g. sucrose / table sugar) are composed of two monosaccharide molecules. Quickly metabolised, quick energy (especially glucose includes white flor, white rice, fruit juices, refined sugars, sigared soda. Sugars composed of three or more saccharide molecules = polysaccharides or complex carbohydrates. Slowly metabolised into monosaccharides, sustained energy includes whole grain, brown rice, beans, most vegetables. Obesity is an epidemic in developed countries. Doubled in australia in the past 20 yrs.