ANSC 3120 Lecture Notes - Fish Oil, Scientific Method, Alanine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: ANSC 3120
• Professor: c

Document Summary

The science of: food, nutrients and substances in food, their action, interaction and balance in relation to health and disease, the processes by which the organism: Ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, utilizes, excretes food substances. The study of the assimilation of and functions dependent on molecules derived from any organism"s environment --- m. l. We are made from the chemicals of the earth, which flow through us as we live . Greek upward greek downward up & down, round and round. The choice of health marker (biomarker) or endpoint will influence the definition of essentiality, or the perceived requirement: eg folate. Some extenstions: deficiency of the essential nutrient leads to a reproducible pathology. 2: the essential nutrient is required for a specific role in metabolism. Alanine one source of non-essential amino acid. Saturated fat one source of dietary energy. Experimental: of approximately 7 billion people, about 1 billion people are overweight or obese, and, human studies about 1 billion are undernourished.