General Nutrition
The 3 macronutrients that produce energy in kcal as well as nutrients
What are carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids?
Fructose, glucose, galactose, and sorbose
The accessory organ which stores bile
What is the gallbladder?
2 molecules of glucose bonded together
What is maltose?
The collective nutrient-based reference values
What are DRIs (Dietary Reference Intakes)?
What is the central dogma of bioinformation transfer?
What is the process of DNA --> RNA --> protein?
The mass of food material that is swallowed and travels to the stomach via the esophagus
What is a bolus of food?
What is insoluble fiber?
A food group that provides: Protein, Vitamins B12 & B6, Iron, Zinc, Phosphorus
What is the meat group?
A biomolecule containing a sugar attached to a nitrogenous base and phosphate group
What is a nucleotide?
The string of glucose molecules from which glucose in removed during digestion
What is dextrin?
Carbohydrates that can be metabolized by cariogenic bacteria
What are fermentable carbohydrates?
The process of restoring nutrients in a food that were taken out during processing
What is enrichment of foods?
A lipid containing only 1 -C=C- bond
What is a monounsaturated fatty acid?
Food for gut bacteria and helps increase absorption of Ca and Mg
What are prebiotics?
Branched glucose molecules that are the main storage form of carbohydrate energy in animals
What is glycogen?
The # of calories for which the daily value % is calculated on a nutrition label
What are 2000 calories?
Alpha helices or beta-pleated sheets of amino acids
What is the secondary structure of proteins?
Where fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins go after being absorbed
What is into the lymphatic system?
Heparin, galactolipids and dermatan sulfate
What are other carbohydrate compounds in the body that can be formed from dietary carbohydrates?