Biochemistry-(F) Nutrition, Vitamins, & Minerals (Part 1)

Biochemistry

(f) Nutrition, Vitamins, & Minerals (part 1)




Compiled By Simon Mwangi
Edition: 2024/25

, Science | Biochemistry I of V pages
1. Considered as foundation of health, encompasses the food we consume and the way our body utilizes it
Nutrition

2. Are nourishing components found in food that our bodies need to function properly
Nutrients

3. Considered as the foundation of health
Nutrition

4. Ex: proteins, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals, fiber, water
Nutrients

5. Study of nutrients in food, how the body utilizes them, adn the relationship between diet, health, and disease
Nutrition

6. The three broad categories of food under nutrition:
Essential Fibers
Energy-yielding nutrients
Micronutrients

7. What categories of food is Non-digestible polysaccharide material
Essential Fiber

8. Main Categories of Food:- Stay and Absorbed in intestinal lumen- Makes the intestine react, increase
Essential FIbers

9. Main categories of food:
Carbohydrates, lipid, proteins
Energy-yielding nutrients

10. Main Categories of Food:
Provide us with fuel for the body to keep on going
Energy-yielding nutrients

11. Main categories of food:
Dietary components often call vitamins and minerals
Micronutrients

12. T or F
Micronutrients are only required by the body in big amounts?
F (Small amounts very crucial in growth and development)

13. T or F
Proteins serves as building blocks (muscles), critical role in immune function (antibodies Globulin), enzyme
T

14. T or F


Biochemistry 2024/25 Edition