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If you want to purchase ground beef that fits the definition of "lean" meat, what "percent lean" should you look for on the label? Ans: 90/ What foods are rich sources of saturated fat? Ans: Beef fat, pork fat, milk fat, lard, palm and coconut oil, full fat dairy products What foods are sources of monounsaturated fatty acids? Ans: Nuts, olive oil, canola oil, peanut oils. What is the structure of a triglyceride? (In other words, what is it composed of?) Ans: 3 fatty acids and a glycerol backbone What type of fatty acid has more than one double bond? Ans: Phospholipids
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosatetraenoic acid (EPA) belong to which family of fatty acids? Ans: Omega 3 fatty acids What is one function of phospholipids? Ans: Cell membranes: lipid bilayer Lipoproteins: particles that carry lipids in the blood How many fatty acids are attached to a phospholipid? Ans: 2 Where do the components of chylomicrons come from? Ans: Comes from the Small intestine, TG, Cholesterol and phospholipids are packaged into chylomicrons and then go to lymph What is the name of the enzyme that digests TG in the small intestine? Ans: Pancreatic Lipase What does the above enzyme break TG down into? Ans: Monoglycerides, glycerol and longer chain fatty acids.
What are the basic building blocks of proteins? Ans: Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen Amino Acids In what areas of the GI tract does chemical digestion of protein occur? Ans: Stomach, Small intestine What does it mean to denature? Ans: Denature means to unwind, like it unwinds the different strands in proteins and activates pepsin **Unwinding/ unfolding of a protein What do pepsin and hydrochloric acid do to digest protein? Ans: HCL helps to denature the protein and pepsin breaks the protein in to shorter polypeptide chain of amino acids (breaks up some of the peptide bonds) What organs or parts of the GI tract make the enzymes that digest protein in the small intestine? Ans: Pancreas, liver, Gallbladder
What is the RDA for protein? Ans: The RDA for a adult with a healthy weight is .8g/kg of body weight What are examples of complete proteins? Of complementary proteins? Ans: Complete proteins contain all 9 essential amino acids in needed amounts such as Meat, Fish, Cow Milk ( dairy products), soy and quinoa
