NUTR 3210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anabolism, Active Transport, Chemiosmosis
29 Apr 2016
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500 bc: food becomes human body therefore must contain generative components (you are what you eat) 460bc: hippocrates recognized that medical examination should focus on the individual, our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food . 17th century early quantitative approaches and empirical methods that alluded to metabolism. 1620: santorio sanctorius found that total amount excreted was less than amount ingested. Dietary supplements can improve health of individuals with particular diseases first clinical trial. 1753: james lind proved that citrus fruits could prevent scurvy. > identify nutrients and minimum amount needed to prevent disease. Nutritional genomics: diet and gene interaction, amount required= specific to person. Essential nutrients chemical that is required for optimal metabolism, but cannot be synthesized rapidly/at all to meet the needs of an animal/human for one or more physiological functions. Purified diet experiment: experimental group food lacks specific nutrient= shows deficiency, control group food has nutrient= no sign of deficiency.
