PSYC-3556EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Malnutrition, Caffeine, Red Meat
28 Feb 2018
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Quality of diet feel, look, act; you are what you eat. The food we eat makes up the human body and contributes to metabolic processes: water, carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals. Carbohydrates: source of energy: simple sugars glucose (animals), fructose (fruit, honey, maple syrup, complex sugars sucrose (table sugar), lactose (milk), starch (potatoes, corn) Fats and lipids: provides energy: saturated/unsaturated fats, cholesterol, diets should contain 10-30% fat contents. Protein: cell synthesis: approximately 20 amino acids required for body function, half of which are essential and found in diet. Vitamins: regulate metabolism and functions: converts nutrients to energy, produces hormones, break down toxins, a, d, e, k. Inorganic: calcium, phosphorus teeth and bones, potassium and sodium nerve transmission, synapses, zine immune system, wound healing, magnesium bones, nerves, and muscle. Fibre: non-nutrient component of food, not used for metabolic processes. Pregnancy and nutrition: folic acid for family planning (needed in the first 8 days of pregnancy)
