The nonnutrient that also gives energy is ________________ and it gives ________

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The nonnutrientthat also gives energy is ________________ and it gives _________Kcal of  energy

List AS MANY the food sources of each nutrient, eg. This is a very important question and backbone of Nutrition class.

Nutrient

Food sources

Carbohydrates

1 gram of carb gives ____Kcals. So 6 grams gives ________ Kcals.

Carbs are made up of _______ and after digestion gives_____

Plant sources: simple carbs:

Plant sources: Complex carbs are 3 which are

Provide food examples for each

Animal sources:

Proteins

1 gram of protein gives ____Kcals so 6 grams gives ________ Kcals.

Proteins  made up of _______ and after digestion gives_____

So what is essential and non essential aminoacids now ?

Plant sources:

Animal sources:

Nutrient

Food sources

Carbohydrates

1 gram of carb gives ____Kcals. So 6 grams gives ________ Kcals.

Carbs are made up of _______ and after digestion gives_____

Plant sources: simple carbs:

Plant sources: Complex carbs are 3 which are

Provide food examples for each

Animal sources:

Proteins

1 gram of protein gives ____Kcals so 6 grams gives ________ Kcals.

Proteins  made up of _______ and after digestion gives_____

So what is essential and non essential aminoacids now ?

Plant sources:

Animal sources:

Explanation / Answer

1 a 4 kilocalories

b 6gm*4=24kilocalories ,since 1gm of carbohydrate yields 4kilocalories.

c Carbohydrates are madeup of carbon,hydrogen,and oxygen and after digestion broken by the body and are converted into glucose which is then stored as energy.

2 a 4 kilocalories

b 6*4=24 kilocalories,since 1gm of protein yields 4 kilocalories.

c Proteins are made up of aminoacids and after digestion gives aminoacids.

3 Aminoacids are the building blocks of protein and there are 20 different aminoacids .Nine of which are Essential aminoacids and 11 of which are labelled as non-essential.Non essential aminoacids include Alanine,arginine,asparagine,aspartate,cystine,glutamic,glycine,ornithine,proline,serine and tyrosine.Essemtial aminoacids include histidine,isoleucine,leucine,lysine,methionine,phenylanine,threonine,tryptophan and valine.

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