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What are the main nutrients?
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
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Nutrient Functions
- Growth
- Cell metabolism
- Energy
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What do nutrients break down into?
- Carbs --> glucose
- Protein --> amino acid
- Lipid --> fatty acid and glycerol
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Complex Carbohydrates
- Longer chains
- Ex: potatoes, wheats
*Must consume carbs or else brain cannot function
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Simple Carbohydrates
- Easily absorbed
- Preferred
- Ex: fruit, vegetables
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Refined Grains
During refinement, bran and germ removed; mostly starch remains
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Grain Structure
- Bran: fiber and protein rich outer protective layer
- Endosperm: starchy inner cose
- Germ: vitamins, essential fats, and antioxidants
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Soluble Fiber
- Binds with cholesterol, preventing its GI absorption
- So it can be pooped
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Insoluble Fiber
- Adds bulk; stimulates "regularity"
- Stimulate bowel movement
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Glycemic Index
How easily food is absorbed as time goes by
- Ex of high GI: glucose
- Ex of low GI: Beans
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Proteins and Amino Acids
- 20 amino acids to make proteins that our cells need
- Have to ingest essential amino acids to make protein
There are 8 essential amino acids
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Complete Protein Sources
- These contain all 8 essential amino acids:
- eggs
- milk products
- meat
- puoltry
- tofu
- soy milk
- edamame
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Incomplete Protein Sources
- Deficiency in at least one of the essential amino acids
- To make complete combine foods
Ex: corn and beans
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How many servings of protein do you need daily?
- 2 servings
- Size of deck of cards
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Effects of Too Much Protein
- Amino acids broken down and urea gets processed through kidney
- Kidney fails
- Need to consume extra water --> if not, will result to kidney stones
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Saturated Fat
- Solid at room temperature
- Found in animal products
- Maximum amount of bonds going straight
Non-animal: coconut
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Unsaturated Fat
- Liquid at room temperature
- Double bond and tilted
- Ex: Olive oil
- Ex of polyunsaturated fat: safflower oil
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Essential Fatty Acids
- Body cannot make them
- Must consume
- Ex: salmon, mackeral, sardines, walnuts, almonds, dark leafy green vegetables
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- May be protective against heart disease
- Good fat
- Ex: sardines, trout
- Ex: flax seed oil and canola oil
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"Trans" Fat
- Hydrogenation to change a liquid fat into a solid fat
- Proteins in blood attach to cholesterol and go out in poop (trans-fat prevents that from happening)
- Damage blood vessels
- Double bond where hydrogens are on opposite sides
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Cholesterol and Fat Effects on Heart
- Coronary artery gets clogged
- Need to exercise
- Can get bypass surgery or angioplasty
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Calcium
- Build bones, teeth
- Muscle contraction
- Vitamin D from Sun
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Osteoperosis
- Osteoclasts are more active than osteoblasts
- As you get older, bone density goes down
- Need to exercise and using weights to prevent it
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Sodium Intake
- 1/4 teaspoon a day
- Average American Diet: 4-6 grams a day
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Vitamins
- Fat soluble vitamins: A, D, E, K
- All others are water soluble
- Normal metabolism, growth, development, and regulation of cell function
- Getting vitamins from food is better than from a pill
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Anti-Oxidants
- Free radicals: Compounds have extra electrons sitting on them are unstable and do "bad things"
- Antioxidants: get rid of extra elextron and defend against free radicals
Vitamins A, C, E
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Basal Metabolic Rate
Calorie consumption deal with BMR
More exercise creates more muscle increasing the BMR to burn more calories even at rest
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Anorexia Nervosa
- Fear of getting fat
- 90% of those affected by anorexia are female
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Bullimia Nervosa
- Strict dieting with lots of rules
- Binge eating
- Compensatory behaviors (vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, exercise)
- Extreme concerns about body shape and weight
- Hard to identify because weight is normal
- Yellowing of back of teeth from hydrochloric acid
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Muscle Dysmorphia
- If not decked out with muscles, they feel fat
- Male equivalent to anorexia
- Hours a day working out
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Binge Eating
- Overeating
- Purging
- Anxiety will do this
- Anything that give emotional upset can cause it
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Overnutrition
As income increases, obesity goes up
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