Distinguish between complete and incomplete proteins.

Why are some amino acids called essential?

Several years ago, an extract from kidney beans was sold in health-food stores as a "starch blocker." Advertisements claimed that one could eat a plate of spaghetti, yet absorb none of it, because starch-digesting enzyme function would be blocked. The kidney bean product indeed kept salivary amylase from functioning. However, people who took the starch blocker developed abdominal pain, bloating, and gas. Suggest a reason for these ill effects.

List at least three functions of proteins.

List some examples of proteins associated with the body.

How many calories are produced when 1 gram of carbohydrate is oxidized? 1 gram of protein? 1 gram of fat? If you just ate 100 grams of food that was 20 percent protein, 30 percent carbohydrate, and 10 percent fat, how many kilocalories did you consume?

Distinguish between saturated and unsaturated fats. What are trans fats?

List at least three functions of proteins.

Which factors influence individual nutrient requirements?

Differentiate the components of lipids, triglycerides, fatty acids, cholesterol, and lipoproteins.

List the major events of defecation.

Which fatty acids are essential nutrients?

Which fatty acids are essential nutrients?

Identify and define the three principles upon which all effective fitness programs are based.