| Proteins | Proteins # 2 | Vitamin Functions |
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What are Essential Amino Acids
Required for body function
From food / cell breakdown Regulated by the liver (amino acid pool |
What are Complete proteins
Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, Soy Bean
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What is Vitamin A
• Vision
• Bone growth • Epithelial tissue • antioxidant |
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What are Conditionally (Acquired) Essential Amino Acids
May be needed due to stress or illness
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What are incomplete proteins
Plan foods: Grains, vegetables
Legumes: Peas, beans, and nuts |
What is Vitamin E
• Cell membranes
• Antioxidant • Protects provitamin A/unsat. Fatty acid oxidation • Lung Cell membrane barrier against pollution |
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What is Positive Nitrogen Balance
Anabolic
Consuming more nitrogen than excreted |
What are Concerns about high protein diets
Risk of dehydration
Risk to bones from acidity Leeching of minerals |
What is Vitamin D
• Increased intestinal absorption of calcium
• Stimulates bone production • Decrease urinary excretion of calcium |
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What is cause of negative nitrogen balance
Stress event, injury
Bed Rest Malnutrition |
What are Functions of Proteins
Provision of body structure - Muscle
Maintenance and Growth - Hair Regulate body processes - Glucagon Immunity Substitute as fuel - protein (muscle) --------- Glucose Maintain blood volume/ BP - Albumin (Osmotic pull into capillaries) |
What is Vitamin K
• Blood Clotting
• Bone metabolism |
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What is negative nitrogen balance
Catabolic
Consuming less nitrogen than excreted insufficient protein and/or the body is breaking down more tissue than it is building. |
What are wise protein choices
No Tolerable Upper Intake Level established
Concerns about high-protein diets Amino acid supplementation |
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