KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Breastfeeding, Nutrient, Calorie

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1020
• Professor: Riddel

Document Summary

Essential nutrients: we don"t make them, provide energy, help build and maintain body tissues, and help regulate hormones. Lipids: alcohol, most foods contain some of each macronutrient, energy needs are critical and must be in balance with energy expenditure to maintain weight. How activity affects energy needs: pal = physical activity levels, tee = resting ee x pal. Meat, eggs, beans, nuts, dairy, tofu: hair, skin, muscle, antibodies, enzymes, hormones. Simple: glucose, fructose, sucrose, etc, complex, starches (grains, legumes, tubers, refined (endosperm, whole grain (bran, germ = fiber) Glycemic index: high glycemic foods raise blood sugar and require more insulin to be released, diabetes, dieting, athletes, glucose enter your body and the higher up it goes is called high glucose. Lowers cv risk: binds water, bulks up and softens feces, poo can be hard because not enough fiber and not enough water, relieves constipation, prevents hemorrhoids and diverticulitis, hemorrhoids: blood that is released when you poo.