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glucagon
Definition
raises blood glucose level in hypoglycemic conditions (sugar to low)
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insulin
Definition
lowers blood glucose level in hyperglycemic conditions(sugar to high)
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Essential nutrients
Definition
vitamins ADEK(fat soluble can be stored), BC(water soluble)minerals, water
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Infections disease examples
Definition
plague, cholera, typhoid, yellow fever
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what affects chronic disease
Definition
years of unhealthy living, genetics is a factor but not a main one
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Four functions of water
Definition
fluid balance, temp regulation, nutrient delivery, (Not cell repair!)
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Steps in digestion
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breakdown in mouth, salvary realease amylase, no digestion in stomach, small intestine is where enzymes such as pancreatic amylase and maltase are released, liver takes major uptake in glucose, excess of 90 grams goes to adipose tissue
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lipogenesis
Definition
process by which excess glucose is converted into fatty acid in the adipose tissue
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Risk factors of cardiovascular disease
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tobaccos, lipids (fats), hypertension, physical inactivity, diabetes, obesity, diet
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Glycemic index
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assesses effect of a variety of foods based upon level of blood glucose rise compared to level from ingesting 50g pure glucose
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glycemic load
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tells how much each ingested gram of carbohydrate raises our blood level
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diabetes, specifically type 2
Definition
>95% of cases are type 2, many of patients require insulin, can be reversed/controlled with diet and excersize, largely a preventable disease 88% attributed to poor diet, obesity, and smoking, affects 6% of adults worldwide
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how have diets changed over time
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abundance of processed foods that contain high levels of fat and refined carbohydrates
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what does bile do
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breaks down fat globules into smaller droplets thus increasing surface area of fat, which makes lipase more effecitent in digesting fat
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macrovascular
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more common in type 2- atherosclerosis, heart attack stroke
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microvascular
Definition
more common in type 1- small blood vesiles in eye or kidney, blindness
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grain
Definition
seed bearing plants
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how many calories in 1 g fat
Definition
9
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whole refined and enriched carbohydrates
Definition
whole-milled in entirety
refined- coarse parts have been removed
enriched- some nutrients have been added back, fails to compensate for losses in many other nutrients and fiber
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which hormones play key role in blood glucose homeostasis
Definition
insulin and glucagon
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sugar alcohol and examples
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used by diebetic patient, most common are glycerol, sorbitol, mannitol, and xylitol
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protein synthesis
Definition
synthesized locally in cells, genes contain code, transcription then mRNA splicing, last is translation with amino acids and folded into protein
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protein digestion
Definition
occurs in stomach (pepssinogen) rest of digestion occurs in small intestine(duodenem)
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RDA Carbs/Proteins/Lipids
Definition
Carbs- 130g/day
protein- .8/kg body weight per day
lipid- no RDA
fiber- female 25, male 38g
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gluconeogenesis
Definition
conversion of pyruvate to glucose
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order of gluco...
Definition
genesis (formation of glycogen), gylcogenolysis (breakdown of glycogen to glucose) Glycolysis (oxidaztion of glucose to pyruvate) Glyconeogenesis (conversion of pyruvate to glucose)
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monosaccharides
Definition
mono- fructose, galactose, glucose
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Disaccharides
Definition
simple sugars, lactose, maltose, sucrose
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polysaccharides
Definition
starch, amylose, complex sugar
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What are the disaccharides, what are the composed of
Definition
lactose (glucose and galactose)milk
Maltose (glucose and glucose)not common
Sucrose (glucose and fructose) fruit
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where are disaccharides split?
Definition
small intestine, enzymes like maltase break them down
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leading cause of death 1900s? today?
Definition
pneumonia and influenza, tuberculosis, diarhea, heart diesease
today- heart diseases, cancer, chronic lower respiratory, stroke
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lipid digestion
Definition
starts in mouth, stomach- both insignificant role, small intesting- pancreatic lipase and cholesterol esterase and phospholipase along with bile break down lipds
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lipid abosprtion
Definition
occurs in small intestine, packed into vesicles called micelles, then assembled into chylomicrons
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LDL? HDL?
Definition
ldl= bad hdl= good
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