Key Facts in Nutrition and Food Science

Here are some key facts related to nutrition, food science and diet:

  1. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble. True
  2. Palmitic acid is a saturated fatty acid with 16 carbons. True
  3. Carbohydrates should make up 45-55% of total calories. True
  4. A high-protein diet is always healthy. False
  5. Lipids provide 9 kcal/g. False (Lipids provide 9kcal/g)
  6. Micelles interact with the brush border of the intestinal wall, facilitating lipid absorption. True
  7. Chylomicrons are high in triglycerides. True
  8. It is advisable to increase
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Vitamins and Fruits: Types, Benefits, and Deficiencies

Vitamins and Fruits: A Nutritional Overview

The term “vitamins” was coined in 1912 by Casimir Funk to describe essential food accessory factors necessary for life.

Fat-Soluble Vitamins

A, D, E, K

Water-Soluble Vitamins

B1, B2, B6, B12, C, niacin, biotin, folic acid, pantothenic acid.

Fruits: An Edible Delight

Fruits are edible products obtained from cultivated or wild plants.

Types of Fruits

  • Stone Fruit: Peach
  • Pome Fruit: Pear and apple
  • Grains: Fig and strawberry
  • Fresh Fruit: Consumed immediately or within
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Proteins and Amino Acids: Sources and Requirements

Proteins and Amino Acids: Dietary Sources, Allowances, Deficiency, and Risks

Background:

  • Proteins are polymer chains made of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds.
  • The most important aspect and defining characteristic of protein, from a nutritional standpoint, is its amino acid composition.
  • 1g of protein = 4kcal.
  • Physiology:
    • Proteins are broken down in the stomach during digestion by enzymes known as proteases into smaller polypeptides to provide amino acids for the body.

Amino Acids

  • Amino acids
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Digestive Glands: Types, Functions, and Digestive Process

Digestive glands are a set of glands responsible for producing digestive juices needed for the chemical digestion of food in the digestive tract. These glands include the salivary glands, gastric glands, intestinal glands, liver, and pancreas.

Gastric and intestinal glands are numerous, very tiny, and located in the inner wall of the stomach and intestines, respectively. The salivary glands, liver, and pancreas are located outside the digestive tract and pour their secretions into it through ducts.

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Meat Composition and Processing

Meat: Composition and Characteristics

Connective Tissue Proteins

Collagen:

  • The main representative of connective tissue, also found in skin and bones.
  • Contains glycine (30%), proline, and hydroxyproline (25%), conferring rigidity and strength.
  • Its basic unit is tropocollagen, a helical structure consisting of 3 chains.
  • Features a crystal structure, which might be related to rigidity and resistance to mastication. These features increase with the animal’s age due to an increased number of links.
  • Easily
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Nutritional Deficiencies, Diabetes, and Biomolecules

Nutritional Deficiencies

Nutritional Oedema

  • It results from a long-continued loss of protein and usually occurs in famine areas. Protein deficiency in adults is very rare.
  • Deficiency symptoms include weight loss, reduced fat, infections, frequent loose stools, delayed wound healing, and oedema.
  • Consuming soybeans, milk, eggs, and other nutritious foods can cure protein deficiency syndrome in adults.

Marasmus

  • It is a disease of infants below one year of age.
  • Its cause is protein and carbohydrate or other
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