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Fundamentals of Nursing
Chapter 26 - Nutrition |
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| • Study of food: how it affects the body and influences health |
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• Building blocks for cells and tissues
• Supply energy
• Help manufacture, maintain, and repair cells
• Found in foods
• Changed and used in the body through metabolism |
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| Involves the formation of larger molecules from smaller ones. |
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| Involves the breakdown of larger molecules into smaller components. One of the results of this seperation is the release of energy. Ex. break down of nutrients or molecules into smaller food particles. |
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Types of Energy Nutrients
• Carbohydrates (CHO): |
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• Primary energy source-short term energy and quick fuel.
• Stored in liver and some skeletal muscle tissue as glycogen
• Insulin
• Hormone needed to activate glucose into the cells for energy use
Fat is broken down into ketones - which decreases PH and turns into lactic acid. |
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