BPK 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Osteoporosis, Epigenetics, Blind Experiment

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Bpk chapter one notes: nutrients: substances in food that humans need to live and grow. What determines food choices: taste, smell, appearance, and texture, emotional attachments to certain foods, cultural and societal norms, geographic availability, environment, health consciousness, psychological states. The six classes of nutrients: organic compounds: substances that contain carbon bonded to hydrogen in their molecular structure, carbohydrates: a class of nutrients that includes sugars, starches, and fibres. *chemically contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, in the same proportions as in water: fibre: a type of carbohydrate that cannot be digested by human enzymes, lipids: a class of nutrients often referred to as fats. Chemically, they contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and most do not dissolve in water. Most familiar lipids are cholesterol, saturated fats, and unsaturated fats. Most common lipids in the canadian diet are triglycerides: cholesterol: a type of lipid that as found in the diet and in the blood.

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