NUTR 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hydrogenation, Lymphatic Vessel, Chylomicron
16 Dec 2015
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How do we describe our diets: discuss foods, talk about nutrients. Way better then eating alone: essential nutrients- nutrients that must be provided because the body either, what are essential nutrients? cannot make them of cannot make them in sufficient quantities to satisfy its needs. Fat: e. g. linoleic acid, alpha linoleic acid (essential fatty acids) Proteins: pg 226 table 6. 1 shows 9 essential aminos acids (know them) Minerals: all (the ones we read about in text) How do we describe our nutrient intake? activity equivalents protein, alcohol) Fat: text book includes water but teacher thinks it just isn"t as important and can stand alone foods- foods to which one or more nutrients have been added. Organic molecules- those containing carbon bonded to hydrogen. (inorganic: absolute amount eaten/day: mc=mcg, mg, g, ne=niacin equivalents, rae=retinal, as a percentage of our total energy (we can calculate how much was carb, far, There were 60g of fat in the meal.
