Mid term 1 Flashcards
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what is the conversion of kg to lbs
2.2
What are the 2 aspects of energy balance
EI - macronutrients ingested and absorbed Carbs protein fat and alcohol
EE - RMR, TEF thermic effect of food (10%) caloric intake, EEA - energy expenditure of activity
Energy intake - what is the energy content of food calorie and how it is measured
Unit of energy
kcal is kg calorie and is teh energy needed to increse temo of 1 kg of water by 1 degree
energy kcal provided from foods
measured via a direct calormeter
burn food in a bomb calorimeter and see the increase in water temp
Energy content of food - what do we actually care about
I do care about the amount of energy ingested, just about how much of it is available, and useable trackers software like my fitness pal
Pros and cons of software tracking
cons - people lie about what they have had ie social desireability - nutrition facts of food is very different between programs and places hard to standardize - not everyone can metabolize foods the same ie individuals with celiac disease
pros - very convinent and easy dont have to weigh foods dont have to do crazy shit
Atwater factors
the system allocates energy values to food based on the heat of combustion of each group and is corrected for energy loss in digestion absorption and excretion through urine and feces
very debated as lots of variability between the grouyps and different types of CHO PRO FATS in terms of kcal but there is no other alternative
CHO - 4kcal/g - dietary fiber is subtracted from cho before the calorie calulation
Pro 4kcal/g
fat 9kcal/g
alc - 7kcal/g -
these numbers are averages most meals are mixed that include most of them
Atwater specific factors
just understand that content of macronutrients according to thetype of food class ie veg vs animal research is out there and variable reflects that foods of teh same macro can have differnt heat combustions and as a result digestability but we use the average
Coeff of digestability is the energy available/energy of combustion
for CHO and fats its consistently above 90%
for protein its lower as 20% is nitrogen which is excreted and does not contribute to energy
also cant digest fiber so there is less available is not absorbed becuae of fiber or excreted as urea
This is too complex for the general public, so we just use the water factors to estimate
what is an exeption to the atwater fiber thing
know that there is a thing of solunble fiber which is partially fermented and variable which provides some energy when broken down and absorbed in canada its about 2kcal/g or lower with evidence
Food labels
use Atwater factors daily value calculated at an average of 2000 calories a day
Food label intake
take your values Fat pro cho and multiply it by atwater factors to get a breakdown of macros dietrary fiber is already accounted for so do not subtract
summary - additional information fiber energy availibility
dietary fiber can affect the digestability of fats and carbs in a meal
energy availibility can also change due to otehr factors including things like obesity and energy balance that affect gut microbiots
Gut microbiota
good baceria in gut mode of delibery is through vaginal cavity in pregnancy where they deposit onto baby and csection
shown in ultraclean enviroments compared to the past showing changes in gut microbiota less healthy in years to come meaning that eating dirt is good for you
change microbiota via probiotics or stool like poop pills increse in pa means increse in gut microbiota too
Oxidative hiarchy
essentilaly just what gets prioitised to metabolism
intake-expenditure equals what
know that alcohol has 0 ability to store so it gets metabolised first
intake
alc carb pro fate
expendture
alc carbs pro fat
stores
nothing, glycogen , body protein, adipose tissue
autoregulation
perfect, exellent, exellent , poor
Energy intake hiearchy - Carbs
intake and oxidation
tightly controlled need for brain limited storage as muscle glycogen increse muscle and in liver
oxidation influenced by intake more carbs means oxidation goes up
8 hrs following 500g carb intake RER is 1
incresing plasma including increses your carb oxidation and storage and decresed fat oxidataion wont burn as much
Energy intake hierarchy - protein
intake and oxidation
tightly controlled
need
poor capacity to store extra amino acids
increse in protein intake leads to increse in proteiin oxidation
Energy intake hiearchy - fats
- dietary fat is transported by plasma chylomicrons with the FAS found in TG and cleared by adipose tisue via enzyme of LPL
increse in fat in a meal up to 40-50 g does not mean increse in oxidation
need but has a unlimited capacity for storage
energy intake hiearchy - alc
Intake coupled to oxidation
no essential need no storage capaicty
suppresses other duel oxidation
Energy intake hiearchy summary
Alc burned first no storage suppresses others especially fat
excess pro or cho results in crese in their oxidation lim storage and tight control regs
fat is last no reg oxidatioon controlled by ingestion of otehr macros
Does it matter which macronutrients energy come from what about from a EE perspective
prentice study
when in perfect energy balance does not matter fat oxidation is suppressed and carb is incresed and as carb drops fat oxidation will increse
From an EE perspection
-EE is similar no matter what you are using without change in marcro stores but the respiratory quotient does change to reflect which macronutrients are being metabolised
What if you are not in energy balance does it matter then?
- a study we already know - if you overfeed then underfeed carbs or overfeed and underfeed fats, we already know increased carbs increase metabolic decrease fat oxidation. The same goes the other way if you decrease carbs, increased fat oxidation but not to the same extent carbs as a result of this you start to use up your glycogen stores resulting in fatigue over time
What if you are in a positive energy balance
the system is effecivly blind ot the differeence in fat intake when you eat more fat there is slightlky higher metabolism but overal most is stores as you are eating more than expending
Energy intake summary
does it matter where it’s coming from no if it is in balance, but it could influence the respiratory quotient and could have an influence on energy intake, which could influence EE, i.e. feeling less full with cho vs fat, leading to increased intake of you overeat better to overeat carbs than fats
Efficiency of the macronutrient storage
The macronutrient source matters as storage of fat is very efficient if the body has an opportunity to store it will.
What are the 3 things that make up your TDEE and amounts they make up
RMR makes up 60-75% of your TDEE but has low variability this number also goes down the more athletic you are
TEF or DIT thermic effect of food or dietary induced thermogen - makes up about 10 percent of your TDEE
EEA - energy expendiiture of activity made up of your TEE which is your thermic effect of exercise plus your NEAT non exercise activity thermogensis and makes up about 15-30% of your total TDEE but is highly variable