Food Nutrition | Assignment-1

Running head: FOOD NUTRITION
FOOD NUTRITION
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Definitions of the Terms:
Amino acid:
The amino acids can be described as the compounds consisted of carbon, hydrogen
and nitrogen. They are also the building units for the protein molecules (Murray, Granner,
Mayes & Rodwell, 2014).
Vegan:
The group of people, who practice abstainment from using the animal products as
food are considered to be vegan (Koudenburg, 2019).
Vegetarian:
The group of people, who might consume animal by-products as food but do not
consume the animals as food directly. They abstain from consuming fish, meat or any other
animal proteins as food (Koudenburg, 2019).
Essential Fatty Acids:
The fatty acids, which cannot be produced inside the body but are required essentially
for biological functions, are known as the essential fatty acids. Linoleic acid and alpha-
linolenic acids are some examples of essential fatty acids (Murray, Granner, Mayes &
Rodwell, 2014).
Hyperlipidaemia:
Hyperlipidaemia is a disease condition that involves the detection of a high level of
glucose in the blood of an individual. In this condition the LDL and the cholesterol are
present in a high level in the blood (Kahnert et al., 2017)

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Study Questions:
Answer 1.
1. Linoleic acid;
2. Alpha-Linolenic acid;
3. Gamma linonenic acid;
4. Arachidonic acid;
5. Eicosapentanoic acid;
6. Docosahexaenoic acid (Murray, Granner, Mayes & Rodwell, 2014).
Answer 2.
Cholesterols are mainly two types, HDL and LDL. The HDLs are considered to be
good cholesterols and the LDLs are considered to be bad cholesterol (Murray, Granner,
Mayes & Rodwell, 2014). The food items with high HDLs are eggs, shellfish, organ meats
such as heart, kidney or liver, full fat yoghurt and also some fishes like sardine.
There are many food items that contain high level of LDL cholesterol. Some of those
examples are red meat, egg yolks, dessert items such as cookies, pastries, ice creams, cakes
and other sweet items, cream cheese, full-fat yoghurt, deep fried foods such as fried meat
items, processed foods and fast foods (Thompson & Amoroso, 2014).
Answer 3.
There are many benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids, which can be listed as below,
1. It has an important role in lowering the blood pressure in the patients with
hypertension condition.
2. It also helps lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease conditions by lowering the
triglyceride content of the blood and the plaque formation in the arteries.