11:709:255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Protein C, Fluid Balance, Butters Stotch

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Nutritional Sciences
• Course: 11:709:255
• Professor: Abbot

Document Summary

Nutrition in your life: food comes from, plants or animals, this food provides us with, nutrients that the body uses to (1) fuel, build, maintain body cells. A nutrient is: a substance essential for health, not manufactured by body, or is manufactured in quantities insufficient for optimal health, absence universally impairs function, function restored when returned before permanent damage. The functions of nutrients are to: supply energy aka calories, promote growth and repair of body tissues, regulate body processes. 6 classes of nutrients: cho, protein, fats, vitamins/minerals, water. Functional categories of nutrients: provide energy, most cho, proteins, most lipids, promote growth and development, proteins, lipids, some vitamins, some minerals, water, regulate body processes, proteins, some lipids, some vitamins, some minerals, water. Cho 101: elements, c, h, o, dietary sources, cereals, grains, fruits, veggies, beans, sugars, main function, energy for body cells.