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Chapter 24: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Energy Balance Flashcards

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Nutrients

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food substances that the body uses to promote normal growth, maintenance, and repair

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Essential Nutrients

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must be consumed

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Macronutrients

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needed in large amts; can be hydrolyzed to make ATP; include carbs, lipids, proteins

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Micronutrients

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needed in minute amts; CANNOT be hydrolyzed to make ATP; include vitamins and minerals

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Energy Content of FOod

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measured in kilocalories (kcal) per 1 gram; 1 gram carbs and proteins = 4 kcal; 1 gram lipid = 9kcal

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Carbohydrates

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organic compounds containing C, H, and O; about same number as C as there is O

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Dietary Sources of Carbs

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primarily from plants; monosaccahrides and disaccharides; fruits, sugar cane, beets, honey, milk; polysaccharides (complex carbs) such as starch (grain and veggies), cellulose (insoluble fiber from plants), pectin (soluble fiber from fruits)

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Uses of Carbs in the Body

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glucose is main carb used by body cells to make ATP; excess glucose is stored as glycogen (polysaccharide) or fat

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ADD CARB EXCESS AND DEFICIT

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Lipids

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organic compound containing C, H, and O; much more carbon than O

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Dietary Sources of Lipids

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dervied from plants and animals; triglycerides (neutral fats and #1 dietary lipid), satruated, transfat, and unsaturated, cholestorl

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Saturated Fats

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single bonds with H; found in coconut, animal products (meat, lard, butter, dairy) and hydrogenated oil

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TransFats

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take a unsaturated fat and make it saturated; such as margarine so it stays solid at room temp

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Unsaturated Fats

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carbon carbon double bond; more healthy; found in seeds, nuts, olive and vegetable oil

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What two fatty acids are essential?

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linoleic (omega 6 fatty acid) and linolenic (omega 3 fatty acid); cannot be synthesized by liver

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Cholesterol

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found in shell fish, egg yolk, meat (especially organ meat) and milk products; liver produces 85% of blood cholesterol regardless of intake

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Uses of Lipids in the Body

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adipose, phospholipids, cholesterol, triglercerids, prostaglandins and fats needed to absorb fat soluble vitamins

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Adipose

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cushions internal organs; forms insulating layer beneath skin; concentrated sourcce of energy

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Phospholipids

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components of cell membranes and myalin sheaths

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Cholesterol

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stabilizes cell membrane; precursor of bile salts and steroid hormones

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Triglycerids

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main energy source for skeletal uscles and hepatocytes

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Prostagalndins

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play a role in control of blood pressure

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Dietary Source of Proteins

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animal proteins (complete proteins); adults must consume 8 essential amino acids; infants must consume 10 essential amino acids;

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Structural Material of Proteins

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keratin, collagen, elastin, actin, and myosin

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Functional Proteins
enzymes and some hormones
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Protein oxidized for ATP when...
if aminoacid needed to make a specific protein are missing (all or nothing rule); insufficient dietary carbohydrate or fat is ingested
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The body is in nitrogen balance when...
the amount of protein ingested = the amount of protein lost in urine and feces
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Positive Nitrogen Balance
occurs when amount of protein incorporated into tissues is greater amoiunt of protein used for energy (children, pregnancy, and following injury/repair)
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Negative Nitrogen Balance
occue when protein breakdown for production of ATP exceeds amount of protein incorporated into tissues ; physical/emotional stress, poor quality dietary protein or starvation
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Vitamins
organic compounds needed in minute amounts; most function as coenzymes (helpers) ; ALL must be ingested except vit D (in skin) and some Vit b and K synthesized by intestinal bacteria
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Water Soluble Vitamins
B and C; absorbed with water from GI tract (except b12); excess secreted in urine
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Vit B1
deficiency causes beriberi (nerve disorder)
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Vit B3
niacin; extreme excess can cause liver damage
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Vit B9
folic acid; deficit = anemia and birth defects
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Vit B12
maturation of RBC; deficit = anemia and NS disorder
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Vit C
collagen synthesis, antioxidant; deficit = scurvy (degeneration of skin, teeth, blood vessels); excess - GI upset
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Fat Soluble Vitamins
A, D, E, and K; absorbed with fat from GI tract; excess A, D and E sotred in body (may cause toxicity)
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Vit A
visual pigments; deficit = blindness; extreme excess- headache, vomiting, hair loss, blurred vision
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Vit D
absorption and use of calcium and phorphorus; deficit= rickets in kids; excess = brain, cardiovascular and kidney damage
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Vit E
antioxidant
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Vit K
blood clotting; deficit = defective blood clotting
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Minerals
inorganic compounds; 7 needed in moderate amts; Ca, P, S, K, Cl, Na, Mg; greater than 200 mg per day
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10 Trace Minerals
such as iron, flurine, zinc, iodine
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Iron
component of hemoglobin
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Fluorine
deficit = higher frequency of tooth decay
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Zinc
deficit = impaired immunity
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Iodine
thyroid hormones; deficity = goiter
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Metabolism
all biochemical rxns within cells
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Anabolism
use energy to build lg molecules from smaller ones
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Catabolism
release energy when lg molecules broken down into smaller ones
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What cells can get the full 32 ATP per glucose?
cardiac, liver, and kidney
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Substrate Level Phosporylation
transferring phosphorus to ADP to make ATP
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Oxidative Phosphrylation
proton gradient and ATP synthase which uses that gradient to go from ADP to ATP
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Glycogenesis
occurs in response to high blood glucose levels; glucose is removed from blood and combined to form glycogen
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Glycogenolysis
opposit of glycogeneiss; occurs in response to low blood glucose levels; glycogen is dydrolyzed to glucose monosaccharides and released to blood stream
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Gluconeogenesis
forming glucose from lipids and proteins; occurs when glycogen stores are low an dblood glucose levels begin to drop; liver cells synthesize glucose from noncarbohydrate molecules; ensures neurons and RBC have sufficient glucose to make ATP bc they can only use glucose
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Lipid Metabolism
triglycerides are only lipids that are routinely catabolized to yield energy; 3 processes- beta oxidation, lipolysy, and lipogenesis
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Lipolysis
occurs when glycogen stores are low and blood glucose begins to drop; if carbohydrate too low intermediate citric acid cycle converted to glucose (for neurons and RBC) and acytl coa accumulates and the excess is converted to ketones via ketogenesis
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Beta Oxidation
fatty acid chains broken apart and converted to acetyl coa; also leads to ketogenesis which leads to ketones
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Lipogenesis
glycerol and fatty acids recombined to form triglycerides and stored; occurs when cellular ATP and glucose leels are high (glycerol and fatty acids not needed to make ATP)
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Protein Metabolism
proteins can not be stored; excess amino acids are oxidized to generate ATP or stored as fats; 3 processes- transamination, oxidative deamination, and protein synthesis
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Transamination
occurs in liver; amino group is switched from amino acid to keto acidO
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Oxidative Deamination
amine group of glutamic acid is removed as ammonia and combined with co2 to form urea; occurs in liver
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What are the two metabolic states?
absorptive and postabsorptive state
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Absorptive State
when you are fed state; occurs are meal; anabolism exceeds catabolism; major energy fuel is dietary glucose; excess nutrients stored as glycogen and fat; events controlled primarily by insulin
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Postabsorptive State
fasting state; occurs when GI tract is empty; catabolism exceeds anabolism; glucose made available to blood by glycogenolysis, lipolysis, and gluconeogenesis; during prolonged fasting, brain begins metabolizing ketone bodies; events controlled primarily by glucagon
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