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Nutritional Measurement
The nutritional content information is provided on the side of the label of foods you purchase at the grocery store and is required by the FDA. The figures are based on a 2000 calorie diet. The serving size is provided on the label i.e. 2 crackers or 1 cup. Included on the label that is required by the FDA will provide consumers with the Total Fat, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbohydrate, Protein, different vitamins and other necessary information about food content. The ingredients are also listed on the label in order from highest quantity to lowest quantity.
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Why are serving sizes standarized among similar products?
One reason serving sizes are standardized (example: 1 cup) is to make it easy for consumers to compare foods before buying. Image you have $5.00 and you buy macaroni, expecting 4 cups within the package, with a 1 cup serving size. But when you get home, you take a measuring cup and find that the expected "1 cup serving" is more like 1/2 cup instead. Wouldn't you feel cheated?
More so, though, serving size is standardized among similar products so that a comsumer can check the calories and various nutrients listed for "one serving". Let's say you buy cereal. Each says a serving is 1/2 cup (you don't count the milk or anything you add to the bowl). But Product A says calories are 250, and Product B lists 330 calories. That's a big difference if you are counting calories or need to lose weight. You look further at the ingredients and one manufacturer lists sodium 20 grams; a different product lists 35 grams. Again, 15 grams is a big difference and the extra sodium can have negative health consequences, even if the cereal is supposed to be good for health.
Discrepancies like this have come more and more to the attention of the FDA which requires truthful labeling on packages. Most wise consumers often read labels and do food ingredient comparisons to make sure they buy not only the best product, but the best for their health and money spent.
What is meant by nutrition quackery?
I have to admit that I've never heard the term before, but I'm gonna guess that it refers to all the people (mostly companies, but also some health practitioners) who try to push 'super-foods' and 'nutraceuticals'. Example: Just plain ol' orange juice isn't good enough anymore; it's gotta have calcium in it!!! Never mind the fact that phosphoric acid (which orange juice is rich in) inhibits the absorption of calcium.
http://paleodiet.com/losspts.txt
Journalist Michael Pollan has written a fabulous and interesting book called In Defense of Food which takes a hearty stab at the nutraceutical industry. Sometimes his conclusions are confusing, and I feel like he waffles back and forth on certain issues, but the basic premises he lays down are extremely intriguing and eye-opening.
1000 micrograms = 1 milligram so 26 micrograms = 0.026 milligrams
Are eggs a lower-quality protein than poultry beef fish and beans?
No-False
Eggs are exceptionally high-quality protein. In fact, the only source of protein higher in quality than eggs is a mother's breast milk. Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins in our body, and eggs contain all nine of the essential amino acids-the ones our bodies cannot produce.
How much is 115 pounds in stones?
11.5 stone = 161 pounds.
There are 14 pounds in 1 stone.
Therefore:
- if by 11.5 you mean 11½ stone (half a stone is 7 pounds), then 11½ stone equals 161 pounds
- alternatively, if you mean 11 stone 5 lbs, then that equals 159 pounds.
Prealbumin is a tetrameric protein with a molecular weight of 54000 Daltons. It functions as a transport protein for thyroxin and also transports Vitamin A in the presence of retinol binding protein. It has one the highest proportions of essential-to-nonessential amino acid ratios of any protein in the body. Protein has a small pool size and a short half-life in serum of 2 days.
This makes it a terrific marker for protein malnutrition.
Prealbumin quantification is used to evaluate protein malnutrition, total parenteral nutrition, and liver dysfunction. Values are decreased in inflammatory processes, malignancy, protein malnutrition, and protein wasting diseases of the gut or kidney. Values increase in Hodgkin disease
The expected normal values in humans are 18 - 36 mg/dL
How do you make orally active protein pharmaceutical?
Proteins are the polymers of amino acids and are digested by the proteases present in the gastric secretions and if the proteins are to be made available to the body in direct form orally, the small protein molecules can be used. The short chain protein molecule is to be covered by a covering which is resistant to the gastric secretions including dilute hydrochloric acid so that it comes out unaffected and reaches the small intestines where they are absorbed as such. The long chain protein molecules can not be used in this manner.
I believe its around 60 or 70 g.
I'm not sure anyways.
What are other potential nutritional complications after gastrojejunostomy surgical procedure?
Other potential nutritional complications with gastrojejunostomy include: steatorrhea, weight loss, vomiting, and bacterial overgrowth. This type of surgery also known as Billroth II has greater amounts of dumping syndrome associated with it than Billroth I.
Source:
Krause's Food & Nutrition Therapy by L. Kathleen Mahan
What is green cheese it has fat?
i don't no
but green cheese is SMELLY and it is goat cheese and it isn't fat
What unit is sound measured in and What is the symbol?
Sound is measured in decibels and is symbolized dB
If you walk brisk for 1 mile how long will it take me?
Generally, brisk is considered about 3.5 to 4.0 miles per hour. So this could take you somewhere between 15-20 minutes. The best way to measure how "brisk" feels for you and how long it will take is to go a length of distance you know is a mile. Maybe a stretch of a road you know or on a track somewhere. Walk at what feels "brisk" to you and see how long it takes.
How much sodium should an adult consume daily and how much is too much?
An adult should consume no more than 2,300-2,400mg each day.
Nope your bananas will stay just as nutritious as they were before you popped them in the freezer =D
