Table of Contents
- 1 What assists with chemical reactions in the body?
- 2 What are nutrients that are made by living things?
- 3 Which nutrients help maintain the chemical reactions in our cells?
- 4 What does your body use nutrients for?
- 5 What nutrients help build and maintain body tissues?
- 6 What is a chemical reaction in food?
What assists with chemical reactions in the body?
Enzymes are critical to the body’s healthy functioning. They assist, for example, with the breakdown of food and its conversion to energy. In fact, most of the chemical reactions in the body are facilitated by enzymes.
What are nutrients that are made by living things?
Ch 8 Vocab
| A | B |
|---|---|
| vitamin | nutrients that are made by living things, are required only in small amounts, and assist many chemical reactions in the body |
| antioxidant | vitamins that help protect healthy cells from the damage caused by the normal aging process as well as from certain types of cancer |
Which nutrients help maintain the chemical reactions in our cells?
Proteins. Proteins give your body amino acids — the building blocks that help your body’s cells do all of their everyday activities. Proteins help your body build new cells, repair old cells, create hormones and enzymes, and keep your immune system healthy.
What nutrients assist reactions?
Vitamins are organic molecules (i.e., molecules containing the elements C, H, N, or O) that are needed in trace amounts to help catalyze many of the biochemical reactions in the body.
How do chemical reactions play a role in nutrition?
While foods are processed or cooked at high temperature, a chemical reaction occurs between amino acids and reducing sugars which generate different flavours and brown colour (Figure 1). So it is often used in food industry for giving food different taste, colour, and aroma.
What does your body use nutrients for?
The body uses three main nutrients to function— carbohydrate, protein, and fat. These nutrients are digested into simpler compounds. Carbohydrates are used for energy (glucose). Fats are used for energy after they are broken into fatty acids.
What nutrients help build and maintain body tissues?
Protein: a nutrient that is used for energy; it helps to build and repair tissues and organs like muscles and the heart.