nourishment AND NUTRITION

Food and Nutrition



Food and Nutrition

Nourishment mostly comprise of biopolymers (complex carbohydrates, proteins and lipids); large substances made of monomers (sugars, amino acids and fatty acids/glycerol) attached simultaneously by chemical bonds. Bonds are of vital implication in house designs, as they are broken in digestion, to provide power - they are exergonic responses - and gathered in rectify and development - endergonic responses - where the power before evolved is harnessed. (Alfonso 2007)

Carbohydrates®Monosaccharides ®4 kcals g-1

Proteins®Amino Acids (AAs)®4 kcals g-1

Lipids® Fatty Acids (FAs) and Glycerol®9 kcals g-1

while some bond classification schemes reside the most important in physiology is ...