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What are the energy-yielding nutrients?

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Lipids (fats), Protein and Carbohydrates (CHO)

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What do the energy-yielding nutrients do?

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They fuel all activities in the body

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What happens when there is excess?

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Storage (glycogen/fat)

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What’s Energy Density?

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Measure of the energy a food provides relative to the weight of the food (kcal/gram)

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What’s metabolism?

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The process by which nutrients are broken down to yield energy or are rearranged into body structures.

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What is the amount of energy released measured in?

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Kilocalories (kcal)

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What are kilocalories?

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The amount of heat necessary to raise 1kg of H2O by 1 degree C

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Macronutrients

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-Carbohydrates, fat, and protein.
-Body requires them in relatively large amounts (many grams daily)

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Micronutrients

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-Vitamins and minerals
-Required only in small amounts (milligrams daily)

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Carbohydrate, Protein, Fat

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Carb - 4 calories per gram
Protein - 4 calories per gram
Fat - 9 calories per gram

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Organic Nutrients

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Vitamins - essential organic nutrients required in small amounts. Do NOT provide energy (kcals). Serve as helpers in metabolic processes and may be subtly altered to perform various tasks

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Inorganic Nutrients

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Minerals - inorganic required in small amounts. Do NOT provide energy. Elements that cannot lose their identity- indestructible. It may bind with certain substances and not get absorbed by the body or lost in cooking.

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What’s DRI

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Dietary Reference Intakes - A set of values for the dietary nutrient intakes of HEALTHY people.

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Estimated Average Requirements (EAR)

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The amount of a nutrient that will maintain a specific biochemical or physiological function in 1/2 the people of a given age and gender group.

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Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA’s)

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The average amount of a nutrient is considered adequate to meet the needs of almost all (98%) healthy people.

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Adequate Intakes

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Set for nutrients where there is insufficient scientific evidence to determine an EAR. The average amount of a nutrient that appears sufficient to maintain health.

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Tolerable upper intake levels (UL)

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The maximum amount of a nutrient that appears safe and beyond which there is a risk of adverse health effects.

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Fortified Foods

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Addition to a food of nutrients that were either not originally present or present in insignificant amounts.

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Enriched Foods

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Addition to food of specific nutrients to replace losses that occur during processing so that the food will meet a specified standard.

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Daily Values

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-Expressed as percentage
-Relationship to health
-“Ballpark” estimate of contribution to total diet
-Based on 2000 kcalories per day

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Percent Daily Value (%DV)

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-greater than or equal to 20% = high or excellent source
-10-19% = good source
-less than or equal to 5% = low source

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Calculate your own Daily Values

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Ex. 2300 kcal diet
-30% of kcals from fat
-2300 * .30 = 690 kcals OR about 76g fat

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What are Nutrient Claims

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Statements that characterize the quantity of a nutrient in a food

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What are Health Claims

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-Statements that characterize the relationship between a nutrient or other substance in a food and a disease or health-related condition
-FDA authorized

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What are Structure-Functions Claims
-Statements that characterize the relationship between a nutrient or other substance in a food and a structure/body function. -No reference to a disease or health-related condition. -Do NOT require FDA approval.
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Order of Anatomy of GI tract
Mouth - esophagus - stomach - small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, and ileum) large intestine - rectum - anus
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Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES)
Cardiac Sphincter - prevents reflux (backward flow of content)
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Upper Esophageal Sphincter
Opens during swallow
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Pyloric Sphincter
Below stomach, opens about 3 times per minute to allow small amounts of chyme to enter the duodenum.
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Pancreatic duct conducts what
Pancreatic Juice (enzymes/bicarbonate) Neutralizes acidic chyme
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What is the major site of nutrient absorption
Small Intestine
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Whats Bile
Emulsifier brings fats into suspension with water. Produced by the liver. Stored in gallbladder. Basic. Pancreatic juice
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Gastric Juice
Acts primarily in protein digestion. A mixture of water, enzymes, and hydrochloric acid (HCl). The mucus protects stomach wall cells from acid.
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Saliva (secretion)
Salivary Glands (Producer)
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Gastric juice
Gastric glands
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Pancreatic juice
Pancreas
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Bile
Liver
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Intestinal juice
Intestinal glands
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Gastrin
Responds to food in the stomach. Secreted from the stomach wall, and stimulates stomach glands. Hydrochloric acid secreted into the stomach to maintain an acidic pH
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Secretin
Responds to acidic chyme in the small intestine. Secreted from the duodenum wall, and stimulates the pancreas. Bicarbonate-rich juices are secreted into the small intestine to maintain a slightly alkaline pH.
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Cholecystokinin
Responds to fat or protein in the small intestine. It is secreted from the intestinal wall and stimulates the gallbladder and pancreas. Bile is secreted into the duodenum to emulsify fats. Bicarbonate- and enzyme-rich juices are secreted into the small intestine to maintain a slightly alkaline pH, digest fats and proteins, and slow GI tract motility.
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What's the first organ to receive large fats
Heart
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Circulatory System
Allows liver to receive nutrients absorbed from GI tract (FIRST (CHOs and Pros and very small fats)
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Where do AA, monosaccharides, and small lipid particles enter directly
Blood Stream
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Monosaccharides
The general formula CnHnOn consists of a single ring.
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What are the Monosaccharides?
Fructose (sweetest sugar) Glucose (also called dextrose) Galactose (part of lactose)
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Disaccharides
Consist of a pair of monosaccharides
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What are the Disaccharides
Sucrose = glucose + fructose Lactose = glucose + galactose Maltose = glucose + glucose
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Complex sources
Composed mainly of glucose units. Should contribute 45-60% of calorie intake. Starch (plants) Glycogen (A storage form of glucose in animals) and dietary fibers.
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Fiber
The structural part of plants, whole grains, veg, fruit, and legumes. Differ from starches, polysaccharides that are not digested by human digestive enzymes. Bonds between glucose units are unable to be broken.
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Types of fibers
-Dietary Fibers - Remain from food after passage through the GI tract. Viscous/soluble fibers - dissolve in water to form gel. Insoluble fibers - tough/fibrous and do not dissolve in water. Soluble fibers are more fermentable
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Functional fibers
If fiber is used as a supplement
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Viscous/ Soluble Fiber
-Help with heart disease, diabetes, weight control -Control blood lipids and CVD -Pectin in fruit - used to thicken jellies -Dextrins - short chains of glucose units resulting from starch breakdown used to thicken foods
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Insoluble fiber
Help with GI health -decrease transit time in small intestine -Must be used moderately by people with marginal intakes -Prevention of colon cancer, appendicitis, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids
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Insulin
High blood glucose signals the pancreas to secrete insulin into the blood. Stimulates - uptake of glucose from the blood into cells, storage of glycogen in the liver and muscles, conversion of excess glucose into fat for storage. End results - Lower blood glucose
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Glucagon
Low blood glucose signals the pancreas to secrete glucagon into the blood. Stimulates - break down of glycogen from the liver, release of glucose into the blood. End result - Raised blood glucose, Glucagon secretion inhibited
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Epinephrine
Secreted by the adrenal gland, the "fight or flight" hormone elicits a release of glucose storage in the liver in times of stress Gives a burst of energy
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Type 1 Diabetes
Hyperglycemia - high blood sugar Juvenile onset, Less common, Pancreas unable to synthesize insulin, Injection of insulin needed for cells to take up blood sugar - cannot be taken orally, called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
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Type 2 diabetes
The most common form, adult-onset - old name, cells are resistant to insulin, obesity is a major factor, Increased risk with age as pancreatic function decreases.
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Chemical structure of protein
A compound of C, H, O, and N, arranged into amino acids and linked in a chain
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Amino Acids (AA)
Building blocks of proteins, are made up of 3 parts all connected to a central carbon-amino group, Acid group, and Hydrogen. 4th chain varies from one AA to another. There are 20 AA; 9 are considered essential
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Recommended intake of protein
10 to 35 percent of daily energy intake. RDA = 0.8g/kg of body weight/day
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Digestion of protein
Begins in the stomach, HCL causes pepsinogen to convert to pepsin (active)
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Structural Materials
Proteins form integral parts of most body tissues and provide strength and shape to skin, tendons, membranes, muscles, organs, and bones
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Enzymes
Proteins facilitate chemical reactions
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Hormones
Proteins regulate body processes (Some, but not all, hormones are proteins)
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Fluid Balance
Proteins help to maintain the volume the volume and composition of body fluids
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Acid-base balance
Proteins help to maintain the acid-base balance of body fluids by acting as buffers
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Transportation
Proteins transport substances, such as lipids, vit., minerals, and O2, around the body
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Fibrin
creates blood clots
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Collagen
forms scars
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Opsin
Participates in vision
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Complete Proteins
have all 9 essential AA that our bodies cannot naturally make. (Animal)
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Incomplete Proteins
May have a few of the 9. (plants)
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Structure of Lipids
Triglycerides are the most abundant lipid, and compose about 95% of lipids. Glycerol and 3 fatty acids.
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Saturated
full of hydrogens
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Unsaturated
missing hydrogens
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Monounsaturated
One double bond
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Polyunsaturated
Multiple double bonds
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Saturated fats characteristics
Stack together, tend to be solid
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Unsaturated fats characteristics
Bend at double bonds, tend to be liquid at room temperature
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Monounsaturated fats
Olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, avocado oil
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Linolenic acid Omega 3
3 double bonds, first double bond at 3rd C
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Linoleic acid Omega 6
2 double bonds, first double bond at 6th C
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Hydrogenation
Turning Polyunsaturated fats into Saturated Fats by adding hydrogens.
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Cis-fatty acids
Hydrogens on the same side of the double bond. Most naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids in foods are cis.
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Trans-fatty acid
Has its hydrogens on the opposite sides of the double bond. Typically occurs in partially hydrogenated foods.
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LDL
Cells need it, liver regulation, higher in chol; lower in TG
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HDL
Remove cholesterol from cells, carry cholesterol to the liver for recycling, and have anti-inflammatory properties.
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Chylomicrons
Largest and least dense lipoproteins. Transport diet-derived lipids. The liver removes remnants from blood.
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HDL
Good cholesterol, protective effect against heart attack, and is high in protein, The liver makes HDL packages that collect cholesterol and other lipids around the body and take them back to the liver for recycling and disposal.
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LDL
Linked to heart disease - "bad cholesterol" Associated with a high risk of heart attack. High level of cholesterol. Saturated

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