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Title: Nutrients and Membrane Transport
Description: These college level notes taken at Indian River State College go very in-depth in the details of nutrients.

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Chapter 3
 Is it possible to supplement your way to
better performance and health?
 Nutrients and Membrane Transport
 Only section 3
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Supplements
 Nearly two-thirds of Americans take
nutritional supplements

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5 can come
from food)
 Too little leads to
dehydration
 Circulatory system,
maintains blood pressure
 Helps dissolve and
eliminate waste products
 Cooling by evaporation

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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Using sports drinks for hydration is not
always a good choice
 Sports drinks are often high in sugar and
can increase the risk of dehydration

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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Carbohydrates as nutrients
 Carbohydrates:
 main energy source
 Foods rich in carbohydrates: bread, cereal,
pasta, fruits, and vegetables
 Carbohydrates exist as:
 Simple sugars (glucose) enter our system
quickly
 Complex carbohydrates (branching
chains of simple sugars) are digested
more slowly
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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 The body digest simple sugars quickly
and easily
 Complex carbohydrates are burned more
slowly
 Processed foods are high in simple sugars
 Excess carbohydrates will get stored for
later use, usually stored as fat

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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Carbohydrates
 Fiber: indigestible complex carbohydrates
 Also called roughage
 Why is fiber an important part of a healthful
diet?
 Essential for large intestine function
 Lowers cholesterol
 Reduces cancer risk
 Whole foods are less processed and high in
fiber
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 Proteins
 Proteins are made up of amino acids,

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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Proteins are made up of amino acids
 Some amino acids can be produced by us
others we must get from food
 Essential amino acids: we cannot make
these ourselves; must obtain from food
 Complete proteins: contain all the essential
amino acids we need, examples of foods
that contain complete proteins,
 Fish
 Meat
 Eggs
 Yogurt
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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Vegetarians can get all essential amino
acids by combining plant proteins
(a) Lentils are high in lysine and low in valine
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The side groups of
lysine and valine
are different
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Valine

Lysine

Valine

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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Fats
 Energy storage molecules
 Gram for gram fat stores twice as much
energy as carbohydrates or protein
 Energy is stored in the chemical bonds of the
fat molecule

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 Foods rich in fat:
 Meat, milk, cheese, vegetable oil, and nuts

 Most mammals (including humans)
store fat just below the skin for:

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 Fats consist of molecule and long
hydrocarbon rich fatty acid tails
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1 Nutrients - Macronutrients
 Fats
 Unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are not
bound to as much hydrogen as possible
 Liquid at room temperature
 Most plant fats (oils) are unsaturated or
polyunsaturated
(b) Unsaturated fat
Glycerol

Hydrocarbons (fatty acid tails)
Oil

When carbon atoms
are double-bonded
to each other, each
carbon can bond to
only one hydrogen
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Fats with many unsaturated
hydrocarbons are kinked
and do not pack tightly
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 Other vitamins are fat-soluble
 Vitamins A,D,E,K

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C helps absorb Iron)
 Why is it better to eat an orange ( or any
other fruit) than to take a vit
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1 shows good sources for certain
minerals and their functions in our body
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Potassium is important for
water regulation and muscle function
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Table 3
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Minerals

Calcium

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 Free radicals can damage cell membranes
and DNA

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1 Nutrients - Antioxidants
 Processing can remove much of a food’s
nutrition
 Whole foods: foods not stripped of
nutrition by processing
 Rich in complex carbohydrates, vitamins,
minerals, and antioxidants

 Foods rich in antioxidants are: fruits,
vegetables, nuts, grains, dark chocolate
and some meats
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1 Nutrients - Antioxidants
 Do antioxidants slow aging?? Do
antioxidants decrease risk of heart disease
and stroke?? Maybe but no hard
evidence
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Practice questions
 What is the major difference between
saturated and unsaturated fats? (slide 14)

 Which type of fat (saturated or unsaturated
fats) have carbon double bonds?
 Why is fiber important? List 3 reasons
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Practice questions
 What happens to fat when it undergoes a
process called hydrogenation?
 Which of the following macromolecules are
hydrophobic?
 Fats (Lipids)
 Carbohydrates
 Proteins

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Practice questions
 What are some important functions of
Potassium in our body? See table 3
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Title: Nutrients and Membrane Transport
Description: These college level notes taken at Indian River State College go very in-depth in the details of nutrients.