Digestive System Notes 2. List the major parts of the alimentary canal; then separately list the accessory organs of the digestive system. a. Mouth—the oral cavity. b. Pharynx—extends from the back of the nasal cavity to the top of the esophagus. c. Esophagus—extends from the pharynx to the stomach. d. Stomach—just below the diaphragm on the lefi side of the body. e. Small intestine—extends from the stomach to the large intestine. f. Large intestine—extends from the small intestine to the
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Stacey Freeman Checkpoint: Three Day Analysis 1. How does your diet compare to the recommendations you received from the Food Guide Pyramid? I just recently decided that I was going to start eating healthier. I am not on a diet! That is just too much stress. However‚ I have made quite a bit of progress with changing how I eat. The recommendation that I got were not that off of what I’m trying to accomplish. I need to eat more fruit and vegetables. I have been doing well with the grain and
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The Paleo Diet‚ an increasingly popular meal-plan in which people are taking it back to the beginning‚ the very beginning. The meal is based entirely off of the premise of the hunter-gatherer era. Mostly focused around high-protein intake and low-carbohydrate and sugar intake‚ the diet is a great way to drop those couple extra pounds‚ for the most part. Although The Paleo Diet says to cut back on fruit and cut out white potatoes‚ these two foods can actually play a part in one’s health in more than
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steak. Both Jay and Arnold stick to eating carbohydrates early in the day before workouts and try to stay away from them later in the day. Both diets consist of 15%F/40%P/45%C. As for the two Marathon runner’s diets‚ while training Ryan eats close to 6‚000 calories a day which consists of a 4:1 ratio of carbohydrates to protein. Hals diet on the other hand is a little different and consists of 20%F/30%P/50%C. While Ryan’s diet is a lot higher in carbohydrates and lower in protein they are very similar
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perspective means the type food that was consumed by human beings at that time. Seafood‚ meat‚ as well as other animal-related products makes the modern-day Paleo Diet. A Paleo Diet has high fat content‚ small or moderate animal protein and very low carbohydrate content. The level of protein in this diet should range from about 19 to 35 percent. The level of calories obtained from the protein perfectly falls within the recommended range of dietitians and health experts‚ which is about 10 to 35 percent
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Critique of Tips for Slowing Down Your Metabolism The purpose of the author was to explain that metabolic rate is not the key factor to weight losing and it is better to slow down the metabolism than to raise it. The logical structure of the article is composed of three components‚ the definition of metabolic rate‚ the relation between the rate and weight losing and the preference to speeding up or slowing down the metabolic rate. Generally speaking‚ it is unquestionable that losing weight has tiny
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When we say that something gives us “energy” it means we can get sugars or carbohydrates and lipids from that. Humans need to eat carbohydrates and lipids to provide fuel for our body’s metabolism. Human body must have these chemicals in order to function and different food sources provide different types of energy. The biological definition of energy is the element that is stored by cells in biomolecules (carbohydrates and lipids). The energy is released when there molecules are oxidized during
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maintenance of health. The successive stages include ingestion‚ digestion‚ absorption‚ assimilation‚ and excretion.” Learning Outcomes 1. Identify essential nutrients & their dietary sources. 2. Describe normal digestion‚ absorption & metabolism of carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ & lipids. 3. Explain essential aspects of energy balance. 4. Discuss body weight & body mass standards. 5. Identify factors influencing nutrition. 6. Identify developmental nutritional considerations. 7. Evaluate a
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resources in a community or a lack of certain specific dietary requirements‚ then the physiology of that community and it’s fecundity should be noticeably affected. Nutrients like carbohydrates‚ proteins and fats are carried around the body‚ along with oxygen from the air‚ through the circulatory system throughout which metabolism uses oxygen to convert these nutrients into ATP for energy use (Johnson 1980). When an organism is experiencing starvation it is not receiving enough nutrients to support the
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and the biuret test. Carbohydrates include reducing and non-reducing sugars also starches. They have a general Formula of CnH2nOn.They can be classified into three main groups‚ Monosaccharide‚ Disaccharide and polysaccharide. Carbohydrates have many uses such as: for energy‚ for storage of food in both plant and animal cells e.g. Starch‚ chloroplasts‚ for structure in plant cells e.g. cellulose have a structural use in plant cell walls giving it structure. Carbohydrates are sweet and soluble in
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