Some weight lifters like to consume various products containing creatine phosphate. Why would this be useful? Why would weight lifters benefit more than marathon runners from creatine phosphate?

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A: Blood glucose level increases as you eat a bagel after a few hours of fasting.

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A: Glucose and fatty acids are the two primary biomolecules that can store energy for living organisms'…

Q: Advertisements for a food supplement to betaken by athletes claimed that the energy bars contained…

A: The complex starch, the glycogen is stored as an energy storage form of carbohydrates in animals.

Q: What physical appearance might lead you to suspect that a person had a deficiency of iodine in the…

A: Answer= Iodine is a crutial element that is required in the formation of thyroid hormone properly.

Q: Why is it good for our cellular metabolism to be in good shape physically?

A: Metabolism is a sum total of anabolic and catabolic activities that use and release energy. Anabolic…

Q: Would eating candy bars, high insucrose rather than complex carbohydrates, help build up glycogen…

A: Sucrose is a disaccharide which can be hydrolyzed by the action of sucrase enzyme to glucose and…

Q: This is the process by which the fat undergone addition of H ions to produce a more stable fatty…

A: Carboxylic acid with hydrocarbon side chain are fatty acids. Fatty acids are mostly esterified but…

Q: Why do marathon runners prefer beverages with sugar instead of amino acids during a long run?

A: One of the easily digested carbohydrates is sugar. The runner, while running, can burn approx. One…

Q: ARE FATS BAD FOR THE BODY? WHY OR WHY NOT?

A: Fats in the body are stored in cells known as adipocytes. Adipose tissue or fat tissue is a layer of…

Q: Which is not a major fatty acid component of the most abundant animal fats and plant oils consumed…

A: Biological lipids are a chemically diverse group of organic compounds which are insoluble or…

Q: Which of the following is a common function of fats in the body? A) Repairs bone cells B) Helps…

A: In nutrition and in biology, fats denotes esters of fatty acids or mixture of such compounds which…

Q: Out of the following, cholesterol does not serve as a precursor for which compounds?a) Vitamin Db)…

A: Cholesterol is an organic lipid molecule. It is a steroid, which is synthesized in all animal cells…

Q: Would eating candy bars, high in sucrose rather than complex dietary carbohydrates, help build up…

A: Carbohydrates  are the polyhydroxy ketones or polyhydroxy aldehydes or their derivatives. In…

Q: If humans had the ability  to digest cellulose, what would a high fiber diet do to blood glucose…

A: Cellulose makes up the fiber we eat and it is made of millions of glucose molecules.   Cellulose…

Q: Adipose tissue was once only considered a storage site for fat. Why is this view no longer…

A: Adipose tissue is a metabolically active organ that acts as a primary storage site for surplus…

Q: Why would you want to vary the types of fiber in your diet?

A: BASIC INFORMATION DIGESTIVE SYSTEM  The digestive system is made up of various organs namely; Mouth…

Q: Which among the following is a Vitamin?   A) Citric acid B) Follic acid C) Glutonic acid D) none

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Q: What are essential fatty acids? Give examples.

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Q: Why is creatine phosphate a better source of quick energy for a runner than either glucose or…

A: Glucose is a monosaccharide sugar molecule with six carbon. It is an important energy source for…

Q: The protein components of lipoproteins are called _____________.

A: The protein components of lipoproteins are called Apolipoproteins.

Q: A patient visits a doctor because the patient is having difficulty metabolizing fats. What vitamin…

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Q: Egg yolks contain a high amount of cholesterol, but they also contain a high amount of lecithin.…

A: Eggs are an excellent source of both micro and macronutrients as these nutrients are contained in…

Q: Our body can utilize only one form of glucose? What is that form of glucose? (Name of the form of…

A: Glucose is a simple sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6

Q: Our dietary requirement for vitamin D, unlike other vitamins, turns out to be variable. Why?

A: In human physiology, vitamins are defined as essential organic micronutrients which are required in…

Q: During fasting, the glycerol backbone of the triacylglycerol can be converted which of the…

A: Triglyceride Triglyceride is an ester derived from three fatty acids and glycerol backbone. It is…

Q: How can the fatty acid release energy in the cells

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Q: Biochemistry Body builders often take protein supplements following a heavy workout in order to…

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Q: Glycogen is a major energy source for skeletal muscle contraction.

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Q: Humans need to ingest vitamin C every day to stay healthy Is this due to the fact that vitamin C is…

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Q: During periods of stress or fasting, blood glucose levels fall. In response, fatty acids are…

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Q: During digestion, fructose is produced by the breakdown of larger molecules. Which type of molecule…

A: Digestion is defined as the breakdown of large and big insoluble food molecules into small and tiny…

Q: Avidin, a glycoprotein found in eggs, has a high affinity for biotin. Avidin can bind biotin and…

A: Introduction: Avidin is a tetrameric biotin-binding protein produced in the oviducts of birds,…

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Q: Why marathon runners eat a meal rich in carbohydrates the day before the race

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Q: What is the reason behind brown colour of adipose tissue?

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Q: Carbohydrates Explain 2 reasons are an essential component to a triathletes' diet. why an athlete…

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Q: Carnitine: A fat mover. Explain the mechanism of action of carnitine in  losing weight?  (Lipid…

A: The chemical name of carnitine is β-hydroxy-γ-trimethylammonium butyrate. It is a hydrophilic…

Q: Why are fats needed in the body? Why are fats a concern when eaten in excess amounts?

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Q: What does bile salts do to fats in the body

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Q: Infant formulas contain mixes of dextrins and maltose rather than starch because they are easier to…

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Q: kHumans produce the majority of the cholesterol essential for cell membranes for vitamin D and…

A: Cholesterol is a naturally occurring chemical substance found in our cells. These cholesterols may…