Home economic notes nutrition
- Created by: Lauren Corbett
- Created on: 12-03-13 10:05
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- Protein
- Needed for growth and repair of the body.
- fundamental structure in the body and involved in a wide range of metabolic reations.
- 1g provides --- 4 kcal
- Amino Acids
- proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids.
- adults need 8 of theses amino acids:
- such as levcine, valinel, lysine and theronine
- adults need 8 of theses amino acids:
- proteins are made up of long chains of amino acids.
- Complementary action of proteins
- so when two foods providing vegetable protein are eaten at a meal, such as a cereal (e.g. bread) and pulses (e.g. baked beans), the amino acids of one protein may compensate for the limitations of the other, resulting in a combination of higher biological value.
- Needed for growth and repair of the body.
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