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Concept of energy balance

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Energy in = Energy Out

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Weight gain

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Energy in > Energy Out

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weight loss

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Energy in

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components of Total energy expenditure (TEE)

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Resting metabolic rate, Thermic effect of food, energy expended in physical activity

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Resting metabolic rate

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  • about 75% TEE in sedentary ppl

- primary determinant = free fat mass (lean body mass)

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measure resting metabolic rate

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indirect calorimetry – device measures respiratory gas composition and flow rates to estimate O2 consumption/CO2 production

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Why is oxygen used in indirect calorimetry

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energy mostly from oxidation of nutrients (oxygen final electron acceptor in oxidation of nutrients, so rate of oxygen consumed = indirect measure of energy expenditure)

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Estimate RMR

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formula based on age, sex, height, weight, and lean body mass if known fo rmore accuracy

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Thermic effect of food (TEF)

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  • normally about 8% of TEE
  • energy cost of digestion/distributing nutrients from diet to body tissues
  • protein has highest energy cost, then carbs then fat
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Measure Thermic effect of food

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  • indirect calorimetry - determine increment of energy expenditure above RMR following ingestion of defined test meal
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Energy costs of nutrients

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Protein > Carbs > Fat

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Energy expended in physical activity

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  • most variable component of energy expenditure

- 30-40% for those exercising regularly

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non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT)

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refers to energy consumed in movement that is unplanned/unconscious; i.e. fidgeting or other random movements

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efficiency

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ratio of work to total energy expenditure during activity (total includes that lost as heat/lost to environment)

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measure total energy expenditure

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doubly labeled water – measures O2 consumption in free living individuals over weeks then subtract RER and TEF

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Energy intake regulated by

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brain makes decisions about eating (how much, how often)

- get signals from senses, organs, internal signals (blood nutrient levels/hormones)— all regulated in brain pathways

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3 key nutrient molecules

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glucose, fatty acids, amino acids

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Stores of which nutrient has largest energy

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  • Fat (about 9 kcal/g) – large storage pool
  • Carbs: 4 kcal/g – stored as glycogen in muscle and liver
  • Protein: 4 kcal/g but no true storage
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what happens to excess protein

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oxidized to carbohydrate or fat

- if in protein balance, carbs preferentially oxidized and fat stored

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why do we accumulate body fat

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  • smaller capacity to store excess carbohydrates, so they will be preferentially oxidized while fat is stored
  • can also convert carbs into fat for more efficient storage
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What happens in fasting

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  • glycogen broken down, protein in muscle –> amino acids to convert to glucose
  • eventually lack essential amino acids, essential fatty acids and micronutrients and get organ dysfunction/disease
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what happens in positive energy balance

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  • assimilate ingested nutrients and fill storage pools

- may remake polymers from monomers –> anabolic

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Forms of energy currency in cell

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ATP, NADPH, GTP/UTP, NADH/FADH2

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catabolic vs anabolic processes

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catabolic = breakdown of complex molecules into simpler ones

anabolic - building complex molecules from simpler ones

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Glycolysis
- in cytoplasm - Breakdown of glucose (6C) to pyruvate (2 3-carbon molecules) - pyruvate converted to lactate when no oxygen or cell doesn't have mitochondria
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TCA cycle
- Tricarboxylic acid cycle - Pyruvate --> oxaloacetate - produces CO2, GTP, NADH, FADH2
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Electron transport
- series of protein in inner mitochondrial membrane - take NADH/FADH2 --> produce ATP from ADP - consume O2 and produce water -- oxidative phosphorylation
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Gluconeogenesis
produce glucose from other nutrients | - uses lactate, carbon skeletons of amino acids
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Glycogen
storage of glucose; mostly in liver and skeletal muscle
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Urea cycle
disposes of nitrogen left over from amino acid conversion to glucose - produces urea that enters blood as BUN--excreted by kidneys as urea nitrogen
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Main point of glycolysis
breakdown glucose to produce a little ATP and NADH | - ends with pyruvate in oxygen-containing tissues or converted to lactate if no oxygen/mitochondria
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Purpose of TCA cycle
- requires O2 and mitochondria - extract energy from pyruvate - produce CO2, GTP, NADH, FADH2
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Electron transport chain purpose
- oxidative phosphorylation-- - consume oxygen to produce water - takes all the NADH/FADH2 from TCA to produce ATP from ADP - NEED OXYGEN and ADP!
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purpose of gluconeogenesis
- when not enough glucose (negative energy balance)--> create glucose from lactate/amino acids
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where does gluconeogenesis take place
liver, some kidney
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what is glycogen
storage form of glucose - liver - 100 g - 400 g in skeletal muscle
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Pentose Phosphate Pathway
- Hexose Monophosphate Shunt - When excess glucose, generates NADPH and ribose - NADPH used for fatty acidt/steroid hormones Ribose -5- phosphate is a key step in nucleotide synthesis
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purpose of NADPH
- provides energy for synthesis of fatty acids and steroid hormones - important in defending cells against oxidative stress and in pathogen killing by WBC
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Triacylglycerol (triglyceride synthesis)
- De novo lipogenesis - with excess glucose, rise in Acetyl-CoA that can be used to make fatty acids for storage - chains of 3 fatty acids plus glycerol can make triglyceride to store in adipose tissue or secreted from liver
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What is stored better, carbohydrate or fat?
Fat
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Triacylglycerol degradation
if negative energy balance (fasting/exercise), stored fat can provide energy to oxidizing tissues (sk.muscle/liver)
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can fat be converted to glucose
No, but its breakdown can provide energy for gluconeogenesis in the liver
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Beta oxidation
breakdown of fatty acids 2 carbons at a time to get Acetyl-CoA
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Ketogenesis
Process of breaking down fatty acids to ketone bodies when very low insulin and high counter regulatory hormones
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Brain food
glucose; can use ketone bodies when fasting/uncontrolled type I diabetes
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Functions of amino acids
- structural components of proteins - precursors for other molecules (NT and hormones) - substrate for gluconeogenesis - nitrogen carriers
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Urea cycle
disposal of Nitrogen from metabolism of amino acids - produces urea (BUN in blood) - BUN excreted by kidneys in form of urine area nitrogen

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