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DEFINITIONS
Carbon: Highly bondable with other elements. It's atoms bond together in diverse ways.
Common element of all known life.
Great conductor of electricity.
Hydrogen: Smallest, simplest and lightest element in the known Universe.
A Highly combustible gas
It bonds to most metallic elements
Most abundant chemical substance in known Universe
Oxygen: Highly reactive non metal and oxidizing agent that forms oxides with most elements and compounds
Oxide: Any chemical compound that contains at least one Oxygen Atom
Nitrogen: Non toxic gas which reduces or displaces the normal oxygen concentration in the air we breath
Occurs in all organisms, primarily in Proteins and Amino Acids,
And in the energy transfer molecule Adenosine Triphosphate
Carbohydrate: A Biomolecule consisting of Carbon, Hydrogen and oxygen Atoms.
Biomolecules are produced by a living organism.
Glucose: A simple sugar. The most abundant subcategory of Carbohydrates,
It is the primary source of energy for living organisms.
Grains: A small hard dry seed, with or without an attached hull or fruit layer
Grain Crop: A grain producing plant. (Fruit of the Grass)
Protein: Any class Nitrogenous organic compound that consist of large Molecules composed of one or more long-chains of Amino Acids. Our structural components of body tissue and organs are a form of protein
Proteins: Large Biomolecules consisting of one or more long-chains of Amino Acid residue
Proteins are combined to make protein
Amino Acids: Organic compounds consisting of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen Atoms
Amino Acids are systematically combined to create long-chains of Amino Acids
Sea Salt: Is obtained through the evaporation of seawater. It is usually not processed or undergoes minimal processing, thus retains trace levels of minerals like magnesium,
Potassium, Calcium and other nutrients.
Spring Water: Water from a Spring that has been naturally purified by means of underground purification
Mineral Water: Water from a mineral Spring containing various minerals such as salts and sulfur compounds
Stomach: Vital organ in the digestive system. It is involved in the second phase of digestion.
It performs a chemical breakdown, of it's contents, by means of enzymes and acids.
Gaul Bladder: Stores bile between meals for use by the small intestines
Liver: Make digestive juices(bile) that help digest food
Pancreas: Makes digestive juices with enzymes that breaks down food
Harmones: The Pancreas produces 2 Hormones.
Insulin, to lower glucose levels and glucose to raise it.
Insulin: A hormone made by the Pancreas that helps the body store and use glucose
It is responsible for delivering glucose from the blood stream into cells so the body
can use it for fuel
Small Intestine: Organ where nutrients are distributed to your blood stream
Large Intestine: Organ where final break down of food occurs before waste disposal
Rectum: Acts as a temporary storage site for feses
Co-Factor: A non-protein chemical that assist with a biological chemical reaction.
They maybe metal ions, organic compounds or other chemicals not usually found in
Amino Acids. The body naturally makes some but the rest must be consumed in foods
Starch: A odorless, tasteless white substance occurring in plant tissue and obtained
chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a
carbohydrate storehouse. Consist of 2 different sugar units (glucose and fructose)
Fructose: A simple sugar found in plants, often bonded with glucose
Suctrose: Common sugar (table sugar)
A compound which is the chief component of cane or beet sugar
It is a combination of glucose and fructose
Sugar: General name for sweet tasting soluble carbohydrates
Table Salt: Mined from salt deposits from salt mines, then refined and processed for consumer use
Processing strips away all minerals and additives may be added to prevent clumping
Tap Water: Water from rivers and lakes that is processed using chemicals such as chlorine for purification
Colon: Large intestine located after the small intestine and before the rectum.
It is the organ that processes body waste for waste disposal
G.M.O.: Most common definition of G.M.O. is: Altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination(natural bonding at the atomic level)
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Any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques
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A wide variety of organisms have been genetically modified from animals to plants and microorganisms
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Genes have been transferred within same species, across species(creating transgenic organisms
and even across kingdoms
Food Processing: The transformation of Agricultural products into foods or of one form of food to another form.
The Nitrogen Cycle:
Plants absorb nitrates and create vegetable proteins
We eat the plants(vegetable Proteins)
Body converts into animal proteins
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