01:119:116 Lecture 23: Lecture 23- Nutrition

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:116
• Professor: Keating

Document Summary

Lecture 23: nutrition (chapter 41. 1 & 41. 5: animals nutritional needs. Nutrition: food taken into body, broken apart, and used by body. Animals are heterotrophs and fall into 3 categories: herbivores feed directly on producers mainly plants and algae, carnivores: meat- eaters consume herbivores and other carnivores, omnivores consume plants and animals. Adequate nutrition includes eating right amount of food and right mixture of foods. This nutritional need must be satisfied by diet. Animals must obtain 2 types of organic precursors to build its own macromolecules: source of c(carbon) ex. Lecture 23: nutrition (chapter 41. 1 & 41. 5: essential nutrients, are not made by the body. Include all essential aa"s in proper ratios needed by humans: incomplete proteins: most plant sources (vegetarian diet) multiple sources of protein must be. Many organic compounds required in small amounts to support biochemical functi ons protein substance needed by an enzyme for proper functioning.