BIOL 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Flour, Binge Eating, Carbohydrate
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Eating a lot in one day and throwing it up to prevent the fat from reaching your body. Certain vitamins and other substances that protect the body from the damaging effects of free radicals. Calculation using height and weight to determine a number that correlates to ab estimate of a person"s amount of body fat with health risks. Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 degree celsius. Energy rich molecule that is the major source of energy for the cell, consists of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in ratio ch2o. A steroid found in animal cell membranes that affects membrane fluidity. Dietary protein that contains all the essential amino acids. Disorder of carbohydrate metabolism characterized by impaired ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin. Protein that catalyzes and regulates the rate of. Any of the amino acids that humans cannot synthesize and must be obtained from a diet.