HLTH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Peanut Butter, Trans Fat, Atkins Diet
12 Oct 2016
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Nutrition = the components of the food that provide the body with what we need to survive. Micronutrients = we need them in smaller amounts, they don"t provide us with energy, and they enable the many chemical reactions to occur in the body: vitamins, minerals. ** water can either be a micronutrient or a micronutrient depending on who you ask depending on their idea however it is an essential nutrient** Chicken, cottage cheese, peanut butter, spinach, meat, yogurt, eggs, milk. Purpose: creation of tissues, enzymes and hormones. Made up of amino acid building blocks can form peptides, and then they create protein. 20 essential amino acids we have to eat because we cant make. 11 nonessential amino acids we can produce them in our bodies complete amino acids have all 20 essential amino acids together where as incomplete means you have less vegetarians have to work harder to do this.
