Introduction to Human Nutrition

46 Introduction to Human Nutrition Etiology of obesity: excess intake or decreased physical activity Stated simply, obesity is t ...

Energy Metabolism 47 ity, some studies suggest that a low level of energy expenditure predicts the development of obesity, and o ...

48 Introduction to Human Nutrition better information about the behavioral and cultural factors that infl uence energy balance. ...

4 Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins and Amino Acids Naomi K Fukagawa and Yong-Ming Yu Key messages Protein is the most abund ...

50 Introduction to Human Nutrition according to a sequence directed by the base sequence of the DNA (the genome), and so they se ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 51 The nutritional importance of nitrogenous com- ponents in the diet was fi rst recognized ...

52 Introduction to Human Nutrition H | subsequent fi gures represent the – C – COOH moiety). | NH 2 The carboxylic acid and amin ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 53 either their specifi c chemical properties or specifi c metabolic interrelationships. Ex ...

54 Introduction to Human Nutrition For example, glycine is an important anti-infl amma- tory, immunomodulatory, and cytoprotecti ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 55 as by the availability of appropriate quantities of “nonessential” nitrogen. Further, th ...

56 Introduction to Human Nutrition Sources of nonspecifi c nitrogen for humans In earlier texts it would have been stated that, ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 57 In bacteria and plant chloroplasts, glutamate is produced by the action of glutamate syn ...

58 Introduction to Human Nutrition gests that, even in the presence of abundant quantities of the appropriate precursors, the qu ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 59 rates and effi ciencies of one or more of these systems lead to an adjustment in whole b ...

60 Introduction to Human Nutrition organ protein maintenance since there is no net tissue growth under most circumstances. Secon ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 61 ● In contrast, the rate of synthesis and degradation of creatinine is relatively high an ...

62 Introduction to Human Nutrition variations in the exogenous intake or when there is a high rate of whole body protein breakdo ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 63 major biochemical level the qualitative pattern of the needs of individual amino acids t ...

64 Introduction to Human Nutrition age and for various physiological groups. Subsequent sections cover the estimation of the req ...

Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins 65 than this intake to maintain an adequate protein nutritional status. It is worth emphasi ...