VERY IMPORTANT!!
Use your textbook as your primary source of information. Do your best to show what you have learned by summarizing the material in your own words, rather than copying passages out of the book.
-Instructions to get to the textbook are attached in a file “Instructions toTextbook”!
Chapter 6 Questions:
1. Describe the structure of amino acids, and explain how their sequence in proteins affects the proteins’ shapes. What are the essential amino acids (definition and a list)?
2. Describe protein digestion and absorption.
3. Describe some of the roles proteins play in the human body.
4. There are several different types of carbohydrates and lipids. But there are thousands of different kinds of proteins. Considering the building blocks of proteins compared to the building blocks of carbohydrates and lipids, why do you think there are so many more types of proteins?
5. How does the body use amino acids? What is deamination? Define nitrogen balance. What conditions are associated with zero, positive, and negative balance.
6. What factors affect the quality of dietary protein? What is a high-quality protein?
7. How can vegetarians meet their protein needs without eating meat?
8. What are the health consequences of ingesting excessive protein?
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