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What are nutrients?

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Substances in food that provide energy and structure to the body and regulate body processes

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What are the 6 classes of nutrients?

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Carbohydrates, fats (lipids), proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water

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What are essential nutrients?

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Nutrients that are needed in the diet because the body cannot make them or the body can not make them in sufficient amounts

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What classes of nutrients are essential?

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All 6 Classes!

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What are the functions of nutrients?

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Energy, structure and regulation

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How do nutrients provide energy?

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Energy is the fuel our cells use to do work

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How do nutrients provide structure?

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Structure is the muscles, bones, water, tendons, etc.

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How do nutrients provide regulation?

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Regulation is the body temp, blood pressure, hormones, etc.

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What are inorganic nutrients?

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They do not contain carbon as a part of their chemical structure

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What are examples of inorganic nutrients?

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Water and minerals

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What are organic molecules?

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They contain carbon as a part of their chemical structures

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What are examples of organic molecules?

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Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and vitamins

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What are macronutrients?

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They are nutrients found in large amounts in food and needed in larger amounts in the body. Requirements are measured in grams

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What are examples of macronutrients?

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Carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and water

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What are micronutrients?

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They are found in small amounts in food and needed in smaller amounts in the body. Requirements are measured in milligrams and micrograms

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What are examples of micronutrients?

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Vitamins and minerals

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What are energy yielding nutrients?

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Nutrients that when metabolized are converted to ATP (energy). they provide Calories = Energy

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What are examples of energy yielding nutrients?

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Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats

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How many calories/gram from carbohydrates?

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4 cal/gram

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How many calories/gram from proteins?

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4 cal/gram

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How many calories/gram from fats?

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9 cal/gram

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What is the main role of carbohydrates?

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Providing energy to the body

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What is the main role of proteins?

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To help make enzymes

24
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Do vitamins provide energy?

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No

25
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What is nutrient density?

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A measure of the nutrients provided by a food relative to its Caloric content.

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What is an example of nutrient density?

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Choosing a cup of blueberries (low cal, high nut) instead of choosing a can of soda (high cal, low nut)

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What is caloric density?

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A measure of the Calories a food provides relative to the amount of food (Calories per gram)

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How do you make your diet healthy?

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By choosing nutrient dense foods

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What are foods?

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Products derived from plants or animals that can be taken into the body to yield energy (ATP) and nutrients for the maintenance of life and the growth and repair of tissues

30
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What are phytochemicals?

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Substances found in plant foods that are not essential nutrients but may have health-promoting properties (i.e. flavonoids, carotenoids, and phytoestrogens)

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What are zoochemicals?

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Health-promoting substances found in animals (i.e. creatine)

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Are phytochemicals and zoochemials nutrients?

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No

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What is fortification?

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The addition of nutrients to foods

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Why did we begin fortifying foods?

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To help eliminate nutrient deficiencies in the population, with the federal government mandating that certain nutrients be added to certain foods

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What are some government mandates for fortification?

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Vitamin D be added to milk
B vitamins added to grains
Various vitamins added to breakfast cereals

36
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What is Enrichment?

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A form of fortification where nutrients are added back into foods that had lost them during processing

37
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What is an example of enrichment?

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Adding synthetic vitamins and minerals back into white flour after it has been processed

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Why can food fortification be important?

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Because lots of people suffer from vitamin and nutrient deficiencies

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What is the problem with fortified foods?

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Foods that are fortified are processed foods that are not healthy to begin with and adding nutrients to them doesn’t make them healthy

40
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What helps combat micronutrient deficiency?

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Fortification

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What are functional foods?

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Contain physiologically active compounds that provide health and benefits beyond their nutrient contributions (functional foods = foods that are fortified)

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What are examples of functional foods?

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Foods with added omega-3, probiotics, or calcium

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Why are foods considered functional?

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They contain substances such as phytochemicals that have been shown to provide benefits to our health (i.e. green tea, dark chocolate, and blueberries)

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What are functional foods also called?

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Neutriceuticals or super foods

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What is the chemical composition of nutrients?

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4 main elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen

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How many bonds can carbon form?

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4

47
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How many bonds can Nitrogen form?

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3

48
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How many bonds can Oxygen form?

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2

49
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How many bonds can hydrogen form?

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1

50
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What determines the amount of bonds an element can form?

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The number of unpaired electrons each element carries

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What elements are in Carbohydrates?

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C, H, and O

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What are the different types of carbohydrates?

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Simple and complex carbohydrates

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What are simple carbohydrates?

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Sugars: monosaccharides and disaccharides

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What are complex carbohydrates?

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Starches and fibers

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What are monosaccharides?

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Simple sugars (carbohydrates) like glucose, galactose and fructose

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Glucose

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monosaccharide that is in blood sugar; also found in dextrose solutions and various sweeteners

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Galactose

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monosaccharide found mostly in milk and milk products

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Fructose

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monosaccharide that is the sweetest sugar; occurs naturally in fruits and honey

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What are disaccharides?

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Simple carbohydrates (sugars) made up of pairs of the 3 monosaccharides, maltose, sucrose, and lactose.Found naturally in the foods we eat.

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Maltose

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disaccharide composed of glucose + glucose (found in barley)

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Sucrose

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disaccharide composed of fructose + glucose (found in fruits, vegetables, grains, and table sugar)

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Lactose

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disaccharide composed of galactose + glucose (main CHO in milk)

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What are complex carbohydrates?

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Polysaccharides, which are made of many monosaccharides linked together

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Glycogen

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polysaccharide, the storage form of glucose in animals (incl humans). it is many glucose molecules linked together in highly branched chains.

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Where is glycogen stored?

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In the muscles and liver

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Starch

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polysaccharide, the storage form of glucose in plants (potatoes, bread etc)

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Fiber (cellulose)

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polysaccharide, structural parts of plants. Found in all plant derived foods (fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes) not a form of storage, gives structure to plants

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2 categories of fiber

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Soluble and insoluble

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Soluble fiber

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Dissolves in water, forms gels, and is easily digested by bacteria in the colon (fermented)

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What are food sources of soluble fiber?

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Barley, oats, legumes, citrus fruits

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What are benefits of soluble fiber?

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Help protect against heart disease by lowering blood cholesterol and protect against diabetes by lowering blood glucose levels

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Insoluble fibers

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Do not dissolve in water, do not form gels, less readily fermented

73
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What are food sources of insoluble fiber?

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Whole gains (bran) and vegetables

74
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What are benefits of insoluble fiber?

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Promote bowel movements and alleviate constipation

75
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What are lipids?

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A group of organic substances that are insoluble in water.

76
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What are the three main types of lipids in human nutrition?

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Triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols

77
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What are triglycerides?

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How fats occur in foods and how we store fat in the body

78
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What is the structure of a triglyceride?

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3 fatty acids attached to a glycerol (an alcohol)

79
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What is a fatty acid?

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An organic compound composed of a carbon chain with hydrogen atoms attached and an acid group (COOH) at one end and a methyl group (CH3) at the other end

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How do most fatty acids naturally occur in the body?

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Containing even numbers of carbons in their chains up to 24 carbons in length.

81
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Short chain FA

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Less than 6 carbons, found in dairy products

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Medium chain FA

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6-10 carbons, found in dairy produce and coconut oil

83
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Long chain FA

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12-24 carbons, seen in FA’s of meats, fish, and vegetable oils; are the most common in the diet

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What are saturated FA’s?

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FA carrying the maximum number of hydrocarbon atoms and containing only single bonds between its carbons (along the carbon chain)

85
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What are unsaturated FA’s?

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Lack hydrogen atoms and have at least one double bond between carbons. The double bond is a point of unsaturation

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Monounsaturated vs. Polyunsaturated FA’s?

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Mono have 1 double bond, poly have 2 or more double bonds

87
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Omega 3 and Omega 6 FA’s?

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Chemists identify PUFAs by the position of the double bond nearest the methyl (CH3) end of the carbon chain, which is described by an omega number (used to refer to the position of the first double bond)

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What two FA’s can the body not make but needs?

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Alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3) and linoleic acid (omega-6)

89
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Why can’t cells make omega-6 or omega-3 FA’s?

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The cells don’t have the enzymes to make any because the body cannot insert double bonds before the 9th carbon from the omega (methyl) end. The body cannot convert omega-6 to omega-3 or vice versa