KINE 4020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Food Intolerance, Gluten, Human Body
8 Jan 2018
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Kine 4020- human nutrition lecture 1 + reading notes. Nutrition - a science that studies natural or processed foods to understand how they regulate physiological processes and impact human health and disease. Further looks at how food is composed, ingested, digested, absorbed and excreted. Nutrient - a substance found in food that can be used by the body for energy or promotes tissue growth, regulation at the cellular /tissue and whole body levels. The types of food we eat, are influenced by certain factors: Economic status - how much money you have. Culture - certain types of foods eaten more often. Disease related restrictions - diabetics/ high cholesterol. Age - taste buds change with age that can influence food preference. Gender - females tend to crave more sweets. Taste sensitivity to certain foods - genetically obese people tend to crave savoury/fatty foods. Oxygen - 63%, carbon 18%, hydrogen 9%, nitrogen 3% Water makes up 55- 65% of body mass.
