Exam 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids

What is the name for the condition in which protein and calories are severely insufficient?

Which of the following foods/food groups provides the LEAST amount of protein?

Explain how proteins help to regulate the quantity of fluids in the compartments of the body to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance.

Proteins attract water and hold it within the vessels,preventing it from freely flowing into the spaces between the cells.Which of the following will an individual develop should any part of this system begin to fail?

What factor determines the sequences of amino acids that make up a protein molecule?

What two amino acids are approved for sale in Canada as natural health products?

For the majority of exercisers,adding excess protein or amino acid supplements to an adequate diet will stimulate muscle building.

Your friend is a vegetarian who consumes large quantities of soy products in the place of meat.Your friend is at risk of developing a deficiency of what nutrient?

Which of the following provides the amino acids that are most easily absorbed by the body?

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of kwashiorkor?

According to the dietary reference intakes (DRI)committee,a healthy adult's intake for protein should be how many grams for each kilogram of body weight?

Which of the following nutrients is typically lacking in a poorly-planned vegetarian diet?

Which of the following foods has the highest protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS)?

Describe what happens when amino acids are oversupplied in the diet.

Which of the following contains protein whose quality can be considered equivalent to that of meat?

According to the Canadian Community Health Survey,adults obtain approximately what percentage of the total calories in their diet from protein?

Your friend avoids acid foods like tomatoes and orange juice because she believes they give her an acid stomach.What information would you give her in response to that?

Which of the following is a protein catalyst that acts on other substances to change them chemically?

The growth of well-fed vegetarian children is similar to that of their meat-eating peers.

Predigested proteins are easier for the body to digest because they create less "digestive work."