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    Nutrition

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    healthy carbohydrates Photosynthesis Plants / leaves stored carbohydrates. -glucose stored as startch Good carbs vs bd carbs Bad have a lot of starchbut no real nutrition Anything in excess. Stored in the form of fat Glucose in plants starch In animals glycogen In tge end in order tobe bsorbed in body it must be in form of glucse Glucagon and insulin control blood sugar are the hormones that control blood sugar - in respect to diabetes Glycogenolysis breakdown of glycogen

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    Digestive System   Digestive system includes the stomach‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ duodenum‚ ileum and colon.   What is a Digestive system?   Digestion is a breakdown and transportation of the solid and liquid food into microscopic substances therefore theses substances are then transported into different areas of the body   The digestive system is a set of organs which transforms whatever we eat into substances that can be used in the body for energy‚ growth and repair.   Once the food has been

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    each of them playing a specific role. These food groups are present in our every day food and are taken into our body through a process of digestion. The food is chewed up and broken down into smaller bits in the mouth and then travels down to the stomach where it is broken down further by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach in a process called chemical digestion. Once the food has been broken down it is then absorbed by the blood to provide the various functions that our body needs to survive. We

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    FOOD 1. Food is a basic necessity for all living things. 2. Food is important in order to : (a) Provide energy to carry out physical activities. (b) Provide energy for the physiological activities in life such as reproduction‚ digestion and excretion. (c) Build new cells and ti repair tissues in the body. (d) Protect the body from deseases. (e) Maintain the body temperature. (f) Promote growth. 3. Food can be divided into

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    hs201 intro to nutrition

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    Chapter 1: What is Nutrition? What Drives Our Food Choices? We Need to Eat and Drink to Live Nutrients: compounds in foods that sustain your body processes. There are 6 classes of nutrients: carbs‚ fats (lipids)‚ proteins‚ vitamins‚ minerals and water 3 of 6 classes of nutrients: carbohydrates‚ fats‚ protein- provide energy in the form of kilocalories 2 of 6 classes of nutrients: vitamins and minerals‚ help regulate many body processes‚ including metabolism 1 of 6 class of nutrients- water

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    DIGESTION Cooking vs. Digestive Processes Cooking Processes: Grilling Microwaving Frying Roasting Barbeque Boiling Steaming Poaching Digestive Processes: Ingestion Propulsion Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Absorption Defecation Salivary Digestion SALIVARY DIGESTION Salivary Glands the salivary glands are a collection of accessory organs surrounding the mouth that secrete a fluid called saliva. Saliva consists of 99.5 % water and 0.5 % solutes. medium for dissolving

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    animal with nutrients. Only plants have self-feeding systems which is similar to ‘free food’ to the animals. 5) Write out the word equation that summarises the process of photosynthesis. Water + Carbon Dioxide –(with the presence of chlorophyll‚ starch and sunlight)-> glucose and oxygen. 6) Compare aquatic and terrestrial plants in relation to the site of water and mineral uptake. In an aquatic environment‚ water and minerals can be absorbed across the whole surface of the plant. In most terrestrial

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    potatoes‚ dried peas and beans‚ rice‚ pasta‚ fruits‚ and vegetables. Many of these foods contain both starch and fibre. The digestible carbohydrates such as starch and sugar are broken into simpler molecules by enzymes in the saliva‚ in juice produced by the pancreas‚ and in the lining of the small intestine. Starch is digested in two steps. First‚ an enzyme in the saliva and pancreatic juice breaks the starch into molecules called maltose. Then an enzyme in the lining of the small intestine splits the maltose

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    we begin to salivate‚ we have glands‚ three big glands that are going to produce saliva that is going to empty into our mouth. Now the saliva has water in it but it mostly has mucus and also an enzyme called amylase. And amylase breaks down starch (amylose starch) and so it’s going to break down‚ or start to break down the carbohydrate. So basically are teeth

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    affect the rate of starch digestion measured using starch and iodine? Introduction Amylase is an enzyme found in human saliva and pancreas. It is the digestive enzyme that is needed to breakdown starch molecules. Amylase must be kept at certain conditions to function at its optimum level. This experiment will explore the effect of pH (1‚ 4‚ 7‚ 10‚ and 14) on the function of amylase by using starch and iodine. Usually iodine has a orange-yellow color‚ but iodine and starch react to produce a

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