chapter 2 kin 300 Flashcards
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3 macronutrients
carbs, fats, lipds
carbohydrates
- monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides
- important = glucose and glycogen
glucose
- most important monosaccharide
- natural sugar in foods
glucose functions
- metabolized for energy
- convert to fat for energy storage
- stored as glycogen in muscle + liver tissue
- aid production of non essential AA
plant polysaccharides
starch and cellulose
starch
- humans can digest and used for energy or store as glycogen
- broken down as monosaccharides
cellulose
- dietary fiber
- resists breakdown by human enzyme
Liver Glycogen
- converted to glucose –> transported to liver
- reestablish normal blood glucose levels
- substrate for other cells in body
muscle glucose
- largest source glycogen storage
- energy for working muscles
- muscles use glucose as substrate in glycolysis
- doesn’t reestablish Blood glucose levels
glycogenesis
formation of glycogen from glucose in muscle/liver tissue
glycogenolysis
breakdown of glycogen to glucose
Fats
- provide energy at rest /submax intensities of exercise
- protects vital organs
- transport for fat soluble vitamins
fatty acids
- saturated chain full of hydrogen, bad for you
- unsaturated good ig
triaglyceride
form of fatty acid storage in fat cells
- can’t dep;ete fat stores as energy source through exercise alone
lipolysis
breakdown of triglycerides
- 3 fatty acids and glycerol
- glycerol can synthesize glucose at liver, then metabolized
proteins
- building blocks for amino acids - essential vs non essential
protein funcitons
- structural component
- growth, repair, maintenence of body
- produce hemoglobin, enzymes, hormones
- maintain blood osmotic pressure
- produce antibodies against disease
protein funcitons
- structural component
- growth, repair, maintenence of body
- produce hemoglobin, enzymes, hormones
- maintain blood osmotic pressure
- produce antibodies against disease
essential amino acids
synthesized in body, 12 adults 11 children
essential amino acids
cant be synthesized, must be ingested in food
why is glycogen storage important to consider during exercise
it reduces glucose uptake from the blood so it helsp maintain blood glucose
bioenergetics
- the chemical process of converting food into energy
- biochemical or metabolic pathways by which the cells obtains energy
catabolism
the breakdown of molecules to obtain energy
anabolism
the synthesis of all compounds needed by the cells