Nutrition Homework: Ch. 7-8

stomach acid denatures protein

1

A standard drink contains _____ grams of alcohol.

14

pepsin unravels polypeptide chains

2

Which of the following individuals would show signs of alcohol intoxication the fastest?

25-year-old male with a normal BMI who has not eaten today

partially digested protein moves from stomach into small intestine with nutrients and chyme

3

CCK is released from walls of small intestine

4

CCK travels in bloodstream to pancreas

5

Alcohol is removed from the liver at a rate of ________ g of alcohol per hour or ________ standard-size drink.

5-7, half of a

trypsin is released from pancreas

6

mixture of CCK and trypsin breaks partially digested proteins down into amino acids

7

Put the protein digestion steps in order of their occurrence during the digestive process.

Below

When the MEOS pathway is induced, alcohol tolerance _______ because the rate of alcohol metabolism __________.

Increases; increases

What would happen to dietary protein if HCl were not being produced in sufficient quantities?

Protein digestion could not fully occur because proteins could not be denatured and pepsinogen could not be converted to pepsin.

Alcohol requires no digestion.

TRUE

What would happen to the liver of an individual who was diagnosed with steatosis if he or she abstained from alcohol?

They would reverse his or her condition.

The risk of developing a problem with alcohol is higher in those ________.

With a biological parent with alcohol problems

The ADH pathway of alcohol metabolism converts ethanol into ________.

acetyl-CoA

When plant proteins are compared to animal proteins, they ________.

are usually deficient in one or more essential amino acids

edema in the lower extremities may appear when there is a severe lack of dietary protein because ________.

blood protein levels drop and fluid shifts into interstitial spaces

When 2 or more plant proteins are combined to compensate for deficiencies in essential amino acid content in each protein, the proteins are called ________.

complementary proteins

Kwashiorkor ________.

is a disease of severely deficient protein intake

A high-protein diet is discouraged for patients with ________.

kidney disease

The presence of ___________ chemically distinguishes protein from carbohydrate and fat.

nitrogen

A diet that is deficient in carbohydrate will ultimately force the liver and, to a lesser extent, the kidneys to ________.

produce glucose from amino acids

Alcohol absorption occurs in the ________.

stomach and small intestine

Moderate drinking is most accurately defined as ________.

up to 1 drink per day for women and 2 drinks per day for men

A vegan diet may be low in ________.

vitamin B-12, iron, calcium