CHO
Lipids in their simplest form are called
What are fatty acids
This organ has no storage capacity for carbohydrates.
What is the brain?
The body cannot make this group of amino acids.
What are the Essential AA's (or indispensable AA's)?
This substance produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder helps with digestion and absorption of lipids.
What is bile?
These types of fatty acids are not produced by the body and they must be obtained from the diet.
What are essential fatty acids?
Omega 3 -fish, oil, flax, chia, pecans, hazelnuts, some meats
Omega 6 -plant oils, poultry, eggs, coconut, cashews, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, some cereal grains.
This is the "good" cholesterol in your blood.
What are "HDL's" (high density lipoproteins)
The majority of protein in the body is found in ________, while 25% is found in organs, skin, and blood.
What is skeletal muscle?
How does fat travels in the blood?
What is a lipoprotein?
The percentage of calories that have to come from carbohydrates in your diet to meet daily energy needs.
What is 45-65%?
Foods like legumes, nuts, and seeds are considered _______ proteins because they lack the essential amino acids.
What are incomplete proteins?
This happens to glycogen stored in the liver overnight.
What is becomes completely depleted?
(due to the brain's high demand for energy)
Where does carbohydrate digestion begin and what enzyme catalyzes breakdown of carbohydrates?
What is in the mouth and salivary amylase.
Name 4 signs/symptoms of protein deficiency
What are: hair loss, weakness, muscle/joint pain, edema, thinning/brittle hair, ridges on fingernails or toenails, skin rashes, dry skin, poor healing, sleep problems, headaches, depression, anxiety, etc.
This is what forms when the body uses body fat for energy production in situations of low-energy, low-CHO diets or uncontrolled T1D.
What are ketones?
Name of the process through which HDL helps to excrete excess cholesterol from the body.
What is reverse cholesterol transport?