Question

Ana ate a heavy dinner comprising of a 2 cup of rice, a serving of bulalo and 1 tub of moist chocolate cake. Given this scenario, how will her body utilize the food? Use an illustration and in complete details, put into diagram the biochemical pathways and processes to answer the questions.

a. Integrate the pathways and processes so you will see the interconnections showing similar pathways, enzymes and substrates.

b. Include Hormones and action

c. Incorporate the vitamins

d. Provide a detailed explanation to describe your answer

This is a 100 point exam.

Answer 1

Metabolism is the essence of what nutrition is all about. It is the sum of all of the chemical and physiological processes by which our bodies break down and rebuild the foods we eat. Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller component thet can be absorbed into a smaller component that can be absorbed into a blood stream.

Digestion process--------

Digestion large food molecules are broken down to smaller molecules,both mechanically and chemically.

Absorption . Process of transporting these smaller molecules across the intestinal wall

Eliminitaion . Undigested portions of food and waste products are removed from the body.

In this way food r utilised.

In cephali phase once bite of food digestion begins in the mouth.bicarbonates which help neutralize acids,mucus to moisten the food and oral cavity,salivary amylase which begins chemical digestion of startcg in the mouth.

Hydrocloric acid denatures proteins and activates pepsin,insulin and glucagon are produced by the pancreas to regulate blood glucose.