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    Macronutrients and Micronutrients Compare/contrast Essay What are Micronutrients and Macronutrients and why are they essential to the human body? In my efforts of exploring macro and micronutrients the goal that I will be focusing on will be to explain what each nutrient is‚ as well as give examples of each as well as examine why they are essential to the human body. In my efforts of exploring macro and micronutrients the goal will be to identify the types of both and the reasons why they are

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    In Michael Pollan’s essay “Escape from the Western Diet‚” he informs Americans about the western diet and believes they need to escape from it. The reason Americans should escape the western diet is to avoid the harmful effects associated with it such as “western diseases” (Pollan‚ 434). To support his view on the issue‚ Pollan describes factors of the western diet that dictate what Americans believe they should eat. These factors include scientists with their theories of nutritionism‚ the food industry

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    This archive file of SCI 220 Micronutrient Chart comprises: Complete the table below. For each micronutrient listed‚ describe its function and identify common food sources. Then‚ review your Personal One-Day Intake Log and identify foods that provide substantial amounts of micronutrients. You do not need to identify every micronutrient found in every piece of food. List those foods in the My Food Choices column corresponding to the micronutrients they contain. Please answer each of the

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    because they down break down in water. Hardly anything happens in the mouth although salivary lipase is secreted and minimal digestion occurs in the stomach from gastric lipase. Bile is produced and stored in the gall bladder. Digestion and absorption primarily in the small intestine. When it enters the small intestine bile is secreted from the gallbladder and the bile is made into smaller fat droplets. Pancreatic enzymes break triglycerides into two separate fatty acids and monoglyceride.

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    critical for proper brain function. Carnitine is a small molecule that is essential for transporting fat into the mitochondria of cells to be later converted into energy. Vitamin C is also used as a highly effective antioxidant to help protect key organs from the effects of free radicals and reactive oxygen. 2. The most severe malady related to a deficiency in vitamin C is scurvy. Symptoms of scurvy are easy bruising/bleeding‚ hair and tooth loss‚ and pain and swelling of joints. These symptoms are related

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    HOW YOUR DIET IS INFLUENCED BY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Since the beginning of time‚ dietary practices have been incorporated into the religious practices of people around the world. Some religious are prohibited from consuming certain foods and drinks. Practices such as fasting are described as tenets of faith by numerous religions and several incorporate some element of fasting. The diet influenced by religious beliefs does have numerous benefits in our daily life but it also has some disadvantages

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    that enfolds a larger group of people‚ than only the ones that want to lose weight. The definition says a diet is a special course of food to which a person is restricted‚ either for weight control or for medical reasons. For whatever reason a diet is followed‚ when can we conclude it is or isn’t recommended to follow a diet? Only a small group of people are restricted to following a diet. It’s not the people we think of first‚ the ones who need to lose weight‚ but it’s the ones who need it for

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    Mariam Haider Micronutrients Vitamins Written Task Design Brief; Foods are not ‘pure’ substances. Although referred to as protein foods‚ or carbohydrate foods‚ this only recognized the food to be high in a particular nutrient. In fact‚ foods are mixtures of different nutrients and other chemical substances such as toxins‚ pigments and additives. Protein‚ carbohydrates and fat are regarded as macronutrients due to the size of their molecules. These nutrients are needed in large quantities

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    the major reasons causing obesity is a poor diet‚ what some call‚ the Western Diet. In Michael Pollan article “Escape from the Western Diet”‚ he argues that people should give up the western diet. Pollan reaffirm readers‚ that those who indulge in the ways of the western diet are prone to a variety of chronic diseases. The western diet‚ he argues‚ is not good and should be put to an end. As Pollan asserts‚ people should focus more on eating

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    abundance of missing children/ children abduction cases. A statistic released by police of Malaysia‚ stated that a total of 3223 children below 18 went missing between 2008 and April last year (2012). Of this figure‚ only about 1000 cases were solved. From the statistic‚ it’s clearly shown that‚ over 3223 cases reported 2223 cases still unsolved. The questions are‚ how does it happen? Who should be blamed? What the impact of this scenario? And what are the best ways to prevent children from missing? Thus

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