NUTRITION, ENERGY BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION

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NUTRITION, ENERGY BALANCE AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION

ENERGY

ENERGY BALANCE

STORAGE AND/OR DEPLETION

FOOD AS STORED FUEL

ENERGY INPUT

THE METABOLIC RATE

FACTORS INFLUENCING METABOLIC RATE

BASAL METABOLIC RATE

CONTROL OF FOOD INTAKE

FOOD INTAKE

FOOD AS FUEL

FOOD AS STORED FUEL

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS

PROTEIN QUALITY

PLANTS AND PROTEIN QUALITY

PLANTS AS A PROTEIN SOURCE

PROTEIN SOURCES-EXCEPTIONS

INCOMPLETE PROTEINS NEEDED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS

SOME DISEASES LINKED WITH DIET

FOOD INGREDIENTS AND DISEASE

CANCER AND DIET: PHYTOCHEMICALS

CANCER AND DIET N.R.C.RECOMMENDATIONS

SOME WAYS TO CUT DOWN ON FAT

TYPES OF VEGETARIAN DIETS

FIBER

TYPES OF FIBER

EFFECT ON MICROFLORA

RECOMMENDED FIBER INTAKE

SOURCES OF FIBER

PROPOSED MECHANISMS FOR FIBER CANCER PREVENTION

CHELATORS LOWER MINERAL ABSORPTION

TEMPERATURE REGULATION

HEAT BALANCE RESEMBLES ENERGY BALANCE

HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

RADIATION

CONDUCTION

CONVECTION

EVAPORATION

THERMOREGULATION PATHWAYS

INPUTS TO HYPOTHALAMUS

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES

SHIVERING

VASODILATION OR CONSTRICTION OF BLOOD VESSELS IN THE SKIN

SWEATING

CENTRAL CONTROL

FEVER

Author: D. C. Mikulecky

Email: mikuleck@hsc.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/

 

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