Unique types of chemical bonds in which the amine group of one amino binds to the acid group of another to manufacture dipeptides and all larger peptide molecules
What is peptide bonds?
100
alcohol composed of three carbon atoms; it is the backbone of a triglyceride molecule
What is glycerol?
100
substance that is converted into a vitamin within an organism
What is pro-vitamin?
100
simplest of carbohydrates; consists of one sugar molecule, the most common form of which is glucose...also the building block of carbohydrates
What is monosaccharide?
100
held within our cells
What is intracellular fluid?
200
process of combining two or more incomplete protein sources to make a complete protein
What is mutual supplementation?
200
fatty acid that has two carbons in the chain bound to each other with one double bond; liquid at room temp
What is monounsaturated fatty acid?
200
taking a dose of a nutrient that is ten or more times greater than the recommended amount
What is mega-dosing?
200
carbohydrate compound consisting of two sugar molecules joined together
What is disaccharide?
200
flows outside the cells
What is extracellular fluid?
300
nitrogen-containing molecules that combine to form proteins
What are amino acids?
300
fatty acid that has no carbons joined together with a double bond; solid at room temp
What is saturated fatty acid?
300
What are the three steps of cancer
What is Initiation, Promotion, Progression?
300
complex carbohydrate consisting of long chains of gluscose
What is polysaccharide?
300
flows between the cells
What is interstitial fluid?
400
amino acids not produced by the body that must be obtained from food?
What are essential amino acids?
400
fatty acid that has more than one double bond in the chain; liquid at room temp
What is polyunsaturated fatty acids?
400
Two types of minerals
What are Major/Trace minerals?
400
form of diabetes in which body cells progressively become less responsive to insulin, ignore the insulin
What is Type 2 diabetes?
400
substance that increases fluid loss via the urine
What is diuretic?
500
amino acids that can be manufactured by the body in sufficient quantities and therefore do not need to be consumed regularly in our diet
What are nonessential amino acids?
500
polyunsaturated fatty acids with a double bond at the third carbon atom from the end of the carbon chain
polyunsaturated fatty acids whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule
What is Omega 3/Omega 6?
500
highly unstable atom with an unpaired electron
What is free radical?
500
polysaccharide stored in animals; the storage form of glucose in animals
What is glycogen?
500
part of the extracellular fluid that is within the blood vessels