Fatty acids

and some types of seafood can be actually very beneficial to you and your baby. How to Safely Consume Seafood While Pregnant Fish is a great source for many nutrients, but they are especially rich in the omega-3 fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). While everyone needs foods containing these essential nutrients in their diet, pregnant women require a greater intake as…

Aeriel Ocampo Public Health 194C May 28, 2015 63944677 Dr. Bic’s Lab Dr. Zuzana Bic is a public health instructor at UC Irvine. She received her medical degree at King Charles University Medical School in Prague, Czech Republic in 1980 and her Doctorate in Public Health at Loma Linda University in 1997 with a specialty in preventive care and lifestyle medicine (“Zuzana Bic”). Consuelo Siposs is a supervisor who manages education at the American Diabetes Association Office in Irvine, targeting…

Protein give 4 calories per gram. The body can utilize protein calories with 3 way; accumulate protein in fat stores, consume it as an energy or utilize it to fulfill functions essential to life. Calories from protein will be used as an source of energy when the body is missing fat or carbohydrate calories for fuel. When the body get sufficient quantities of proteins, fats, and carbs, protein will accomplish its specific functions. These proteins functions include replacing of old cells,…

further from each other because they have higher kinetic energy. Therefore, the further the phopholipid between each other, the fluidity the membrane is. Besides that, fatty acids of the lipid that composed of saturated hydrocarbon tend to have straight shape so it will pack more tightly. The double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids will make the lipid molecules are less straight and more loosely packed so that it will become more fluid while in saturated tend to have straight shape because each…

eats, in order to deliver a healthy baby. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of proper nutrition for a pregnant mother. Pregnant women have increased nutritional needs. They need an increase in protein, iron, calcium, and folic acid and an increase in calories. Pregnant women should also have a proper intake of Vitamin D. Often times, pregnant women believe…

synthesis and cell replication. The individual roles of vitamin B12 also essential for human beings. Vitamin B12 can maintain myelin sheath, promote normal growth of nerve cells, and be involved in bone cell metabolism/activity. Vitamin B12 and folic acid reduce homocysteine to methionine, which is then converted into S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), a crucial co-factor for 150+ methyltransferases including glycine n-methyltransferase (GNMT) in the one carbon pathway.(Mitchell, Conus, and Kaput,…

If one fatty acid is bonded with the glycerol, it’s called a monoglyceride. If two are bonded, it’s a diglyceride. Three is the max amount, and they are called triglycerides. They store energy for living things. An example is steroids, which are lipids that have…

so much more. Polymers are the “recipe for life.” We find them everywhere we look. For example, turn to your friend. What is he or she made of? The answer is polymers. Polymers make up essential molecules in our bodies, such as proteins or nucleic acids. They may be microscopic, but their functions in our bodies are important. Background Information There is so much more to being “biological” than just being related to biology. Polymer Structure Biological polymers are large molecules…

The project that I chose for the Baroness to fund was proposed by John, Anne, Adam, and Heather and was title “Integration of Lignin-Degrading Enzyme in Cow Rumen”. This project is seeking to generate a recombinant E. coli that degrades lignin into digestible compounds that the cow can utilize as energy source. This project was particularly useful in that it is seeking to take advantage of an energy source that is a carbon rich nutrient, thus allowing for an increase in efficiency of digestion…

Gout is a “disorder of metabolism that allows uric acid or urate to accumulated in the blood and tissues”(Rothschild, 2015, p. 3). It is more common in men than in women and has a higher incidence in 70 to 79 years of age. The gout syndrome is “ caused by alteration in purine metabolism, the end product which is uric acid. This results in hyperurecemia and in the deposition of urate crystals in various tissues (Woo & Wynne, 2011, p. 869). Hyperuricemia can occur due three mechanisms: 1.…