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<blockquote data-quote="BhagatSingh" data-source="post: 85790" data-attributes="member: 2610"><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">Sugars are cabohydrates lol </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange">Monosaccharides are the major source of fuel for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism" target="_blank">metabolism</a>, being used both as an energy source (glucose being the most important in nature) and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosynthesis" target="_blank">biosynthesis</a>. When monosaccharides are not immediately needed by many cells they are often converted to mosre space efficient forms, often <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide" target="_blank">polysaccharides</a>. In many animals, including humans, this form is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol" target="_blank">glycerol</a>, expecially in liver nad muscle cells.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrange"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Proteins:</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span><span style="color: Navy">Most <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism" target="_blank">microorganisms</a> and plants can biosynthesize all 20 standard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acids" target="_blank">amino acids</a>, while animals, (including humans) must obtain some of the amino acids from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_%28nutrition%29" target="_blank">diet</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein#cite_note-Voet-13" target="_blank">[14]</a> Key enzymes in the biosynthetic pathways that synthesize certain amino acids - such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartokinase" target="_blank">aspartokinase</a>, which catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine" target="_blank">lysine</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methionine" target="_blank">methionine</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine" target="_blank">threonine</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate" target="_blank">aspartate</a> - are not present in animals. The amino acids that an organism cannot synthesize on its own are referred to as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acids" target="_blank">essential amino acids</a>. If amino acids are present in the environment, microorganisms can conserve energy by taking up the amino acids from their surroundings and downregulating their biosynthetic pathways.</span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy">In animals, amino acids are obtained through the consumption of foods containing protein. Ingested proteins are broken down through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion" target="_blank">digestion</a>, which typically involves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturation_%28biochemistry%29" target="_blank">denaturation</a> of the protein through exposure to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid" target="_blank">acid</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis" target="_blank">hydrolysis</a> by enzymes called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease" target="_blank">proteases</a>. Some ingested amino acids are used for protein biosynthesis, while others are converted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose" target="_blank">glucose</a> through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis" target="_blank">gluconeogenesis</a>, or fed into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle" target="_blank">citric acid cycle</a>. This use of protein as a fuel is particularly important under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation" target="_blank">starvation</a> conditions as it allows the body's own proteins to be used to support life, particularly those found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle" target="_blank">muscle</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein#cite_note-23" target="_blank">[24]</a> Amino acids are also an important dietary source of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen" target="_blank">nitrogen</a>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid">Fats</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid"></span><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin" target="_blank">Vitamins</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A" target="_blank">A</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D" target="_blank">D</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_E" target="_blank">E</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K" target="_blank">K</a> are fat-soluble, meaning they can only be digested, absorbed, and transported in conjunction with fats. Fats are also sources of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid" target="_blank">essential fatty acids</a>, an important dietary requirement.</span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkOrchid">Fats play a vital role in maintaining healthy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin" target="_blank">skin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair" target="_blank">hair</a>, insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. They also serve as energy stores for the body. Fats are broken down in the body to release <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerin" target="_blank">glycerol</a> and free <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid" target="_blank">fatty acids</a>. The glycerol can be converted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose" target="_blank">glucose</a> by the liver and thus used as a source of energy.</span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkOrchid">The fat content of a food can be analyzed by extraction. The exact method varies on what type of fat to be analyzed—for example, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats are tested quite differently.</span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkOrchid">Fat also serves as a useful buffer towards a host of diseases. When a particular substance, whether chemical or biotic—reaches unsafe levels in the bloodstream, the body can effectively dilute—or at least maintain equilibrium of—the offending substances by storing it in new fat tissue. This helps to protect vital organs, until such time as the offending substances can be metabolized and/or removed from the body by such means as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excretion" target="_blank">excretion</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urination" target="_blank">urination</a>, accidental or intentional <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting" target="_blank">bloodletting</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebum" target="_blank">sebum</a> excretion, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair" target="_blank">hair</a> growth.</span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkOrchid">While it is nearly impossible to remove fat completely from the diet, it would be unhealthy to do so. Some fatty acids are essential nutrients, meaning that they can't be produced in the body from other compounds and need to be consumed in small amounts. All other fats required by the body are non-essential and can be produced in the body from other compounds.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Vitamins </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Vitamins are essential for the normal growth and development of a multicellular organism. Using the genetic blueprint inherited from its parents, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus" target="_blank">fetus</a> begins to develop, at the moment of conception, from the nutrients it absorbs. It requires certain vitamins and minerals to be present at certain times. These nutrients facilitate the chemical reactions that produce among other things, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin" target="_blank">skin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone" target="_blank">bone</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle" target="_blank">muscle</a>. If there is serious deficiency in one or more of these nutrients, a child may develop a deficiency disease. Even minor deficiencies may cause permanent damage.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#cite_note-24" target="_blank">[25]</a></span></p><p> <span style="color: DarkRed">For the most part, vitamins are obtained with food, but a few are obtained by other means. For example, microorganisms in the intestine—commonly known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora" target="_blank">gut flora</a>"—produce vitamin K and biotin, while one form of vitamin D is synthesized in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin" target="_blank">skin</a> with the help of natural <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet" target="_blank">ultraviolet</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight" target="_blank">sunlight</a>. Humans can produce some vitamins from precursors they consume. Examples include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A" target="_blank">vitamin A</a>, produced from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_carotene" target="_blank">beta carotene</a>, and niacin, from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid" target="_blank">amino acid</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan" target="_blank">tryptophan</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#cite_note-RDA-13" target="_blank">[14]</a></span> </p><p> <span style="color: DarkRed">Once growth and development are completed, vitamins remain essential nutrients for the healthy maintenance of the cells, tissues, and organs that make up a multicellular organism; they also enable a multicellular life form to efficiently use chemical energy provided by food it eats, and to help process the proteins, carbohydrates, and fats required for respiration.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Black">This is all from wikipedia BTW.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BhagatSingh, post: 85790, member: 2610"] [COLOR=DarkOrange]Sugars are cabohydrates lol Monosaccharides are the major source of fuel for [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolism"]metabolism[/url], being used both as an energy source (glucose being the most important in nature) and in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosynthesis"]biosynthesis[/url]. When monosaccharides are not immediately needed by many cells they are often converted to mosre space efficient forms, often [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysaccharide"]polysaccharides[/url]. In many animals, including humans, this form is [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol"]glycerol[/url], expecially in liver nad muscle cells. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Navy]Proteins: [/COLOR][COLOR=Navy]Most [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism"]microorganisms[/url] and plants can biosynthesize all 20 standard [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acids"]amino acids[/url], while animals, (including humans) must obtain some of the amino acids from the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_%28nutrition%29"]diet[/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein#cite_note-Voet-13"][14][/URL] Key enzymes in the biosynthetic pathways that synthesize certain amino acids - such as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartokinase"]aspartokinase[/url], which catalyzes the first step in the synthesis of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysine"]lysine[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methionine"]methionine[/url], and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threonine"]threonine[/url] from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartate"]aspartate[/url] - are not present in animals. The amino acids that an organism cannot synthesize on its own are referred to as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acids"]essential amino acids[/url]. If amino acids are present in the environment, microorganisms can conserve energy by taking up the amino acids from their surroundings and downregulating their biosynthetic pathways.[/COLOR] [COLOR=Navy]In animals, amino acids are obtained through the consumption of foods containing protein. Ingested proteins are broken down through [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion"]digestion[/url], which typically involves [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturation_%28biochemistry%29"]denaturation[/URL] of the protein through exposure to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid"]acid[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolysis"]hydrolysis[/url] by enzymes called [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease"]proteases[/url]. Some ingested amino acids are used for protein biosynthesis, while others are converted to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose"]glucose[/url] through [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis"]gluconeogenesis[/url], or fed into the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid_cycle"]citric acid cycle[/url]. This use of protein as a fuel is particularly important under [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation"]starvation[/url] conditions as it allows the body's own proteins to be used to support life, particularly those found in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle"]muscle[/url].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein#cite_note-23"][24][/URL] Amino acids are also an important dietary source of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen"]nitrogen[/url].[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]Fats [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOrchid][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin"]Vitamins[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A"]A[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D"]D[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_E"]E[/url], and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K"]K[/url] are fat-soluble, meaning they can only be digested, absorbed, and transported in conjunction with fats. Fats are also sources of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_fatty_acid"]essential fatty acids[/url], an important dietary requirement.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]Fats play a vital role in maintaining healthy [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin"]skin[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair"]hair[/url], insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. They also serve as energy stores for the body. Fats are broken down in the body to release [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerin"]glycerol[/url] and free [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid"]fatty acids[/url]. The glycerol can be converted to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose"]glucose[/url] by the liver and thus used as a source of energy.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]The fat content of a food can be analyzed by extraction. The exact method varies on what type of fat to be analyzed—for example, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats are tested quite differently.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]Fat also serves as a useful buffer towards a host of diseases. When a particular substance, whether chemical or biotic—reaches unsafe levels in the bloodstream, the body can effectively dilute—or at least maintain equilibrium of—the offending substances by storing it in new fat tissue. This helps to protect vital organs, until such time as the offending substances can be metabolized and/or removed from the body by such means as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excretion"]excretion[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urination"]urination[/url], accidental or intentional [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting"]bloodletting[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebum"]sebum[/url] excretion, and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair"]hair[/url] growth.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOrchid]While it is nearly impossible to remove fat completely from the diet, it would be unhealthy to do so. Some fatty acids are essential nutrients, meaning that they can't be produced in the body from other compounds and need to be consumed in small amounts. All other fats required by the body are non-essential and can be produced in the body from other compounds.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed] [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]Vitamins [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]Vitamins are essential for the normal growth and development of a multicellular organism. Using the genetic blueprint inherited from its parents, a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus"]fetus[/url] begins to develop, at the moment of conception, from the nutrients it absorbs. It requires certain vitamins and minerals to be present at certain times. These nutrients facilitate the chemical reactions that produce among other things, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin"]skin[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone"]bone[/url], and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle"]muscle[/url]. If there is serious deficiency in one or more of these nutrients, a child may develop a deficiency disease. Even minor deficiencies may cause permanent damage.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#cite_note-24"][25][/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]For the most part, vitamins are obtained with food, but a few are obtained by other means. For example, microorganisms in the intestine—commonly known as "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora"]gut flora[/url]"—produce vitamin K and biotin, while one form of vitamin D is synthesized in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin"]skin[/url] with the help of natural [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet"]ultraviolet[/url] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight"]sunlight[/url]. Humans can produce some vitamins from precursors they consume. Examples include [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_A"]vitamin A[/url], produced from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_carotene"]beta carotene[/url], and niacin, from the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid"]amino acid[/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryptophan"]tryptophan[/url].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin#cite_note-RDA-13"][14][/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed]Once growth and development are completed, vitamins remain essential nutrients for the healthy maintenance of the cells, tissues, and organs that make up a multicellular organism; they also enable a multicellular life form to efficiently use chemical energy provided by food it eats, and to help process the proteins, carbohydrates, and fats required for respiration.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Black]This is all from wikipedia BTW.[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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