Identify the type of food as carbohydrate, fat, or protein that gives each of the following digestion products:
e. amino acids

Question

Identify the type of food as carbohydrate, fat, or protein that gives each of the following digestion products:

e. amino acids

Accepted Answer

All right. Hello everyone. So this question is asking us which type of macronutrient is broken down during digestion to produce alpha linoleic acid. Option A says carbohydrate. Option B says fat, option C says protein and option D says amino acid, excuse me, nucleic acid. So first and foremost, there is one answer choice that we can eliminate before discussing the question further because the types of macronutrients fall under three different categories. If you recall, those are carbs or carbohydrates, fats and proteins. These are the three main macronutrients. Therefore, nucleic acid is not considered a macronutrient, which means that it is not going to be the correct answer. So really our options are A B and C. So now let's go ahead and discuss them further. Now, when carbohydrates fats and proteins are consumed in our diet, our body is going to break them down into their distinct mon because once they're broken down into monomers, the body can use them as needed. For example, carbohydrates are broken down into monosaccharide or simply sugars. And so after carbohydrates have been broken down into simpler sugars, they are going to provide energy for a lot of metabolic processes a lot of metabolic reactions. Now, proteins, on the other hand, they're broken down into their monomers amino acids. And because amino acids are the backbones of proteins, these amino acids can be used to build proteins that our body needs. And they're especially important, for example, when exercising, it's important to consume protein in order to build and repair muscle tissue, for example. And so that leads us now to fat, right? Fat is primarily broken down into fatty acids. And even though sugars are the preferred source of energy for our bodies, fatty acids still provide an important energy source and they also contribute to other functions like insulation or in other words, maintaining body temperature. So from here, it's important to recognize that alpha linoleic acid is actually a fatty acid. And so because alpha linoleic acid is a fatty acid, it can only come from the breakdown of fats in our bodies, which means that b is our correct answer and there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching. And I hope you found this helpful.

Identify the type of food as carbohydrate, fat, or protein that gives each of the following digestion products:
e. amino acids

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Identify the type of food as carbohydrate, fat, or protein that gives each of the following digestion products:e. amino acids

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Identify the type of food as carbohydrate, fat, or protein that gives each of the following digestion products:
e. amino acids