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HUN1201 Nutrition Lecture NotesDigestion, Absorption, & Metabolism
Digestion, Absorption, Metabolism – Chapter 3
Role in Wellness
• Growth, maintenance, & energy needs depend on the nutrients available.
• The digestive system relies on nutrient intake for its maintenance.
• Processes of digestion, absorption, & metabolism work together to provide all body
cells with energy and nutrients.
The Human Body: Role of Nutrition- Food: Change & Transformation
Through a successive interrelated system, foods are transformed into simple substances
that can be absorbed into the body & enter the metabolic pathways in the cell.
Importance for Health & Nutrition
• Food as it occurs naturally is a mixture of chemical substances & nutrients.
• Nutrients released from food remain unavailable to the body until they cross the
intestinal wall & are transported to tissues for storage or immediate use.
• Disease & malnutrition impair absorption of nutrients
• Internal control for maintaining a constant chemical environment is called
homeostasis.
Digestion & Absorption
• Biochemically, “You are what you eat” is scientifically true!
• Food & fluid taken into the body is broken down into smaller components so it
can be used by the body
GI Tract- Long hollow tube that begins at the mouth & ends at the anus.
Component Parts
• Mouth
• Esophagus
• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Large intestine
Organs that lie outside the tract:
• Pancreas
• Gallbladder
• Liver
4 Major functions in digestion & absorption:
1. Receives food.
2. Releases nutrients from food.
3. Delivers nutrients into the blood.
4. Excretes nondigestible waste.
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Gastrointestinal Tract - Sensory stimulation & GI function
• Physiologic & psychological factors influence digestion
• Sensory stimulation—sight, smell or proximity to food—brings about the
secretion of digestive juices & muscle motility
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Lectures are based on the HUN1201 course textbook Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Williams, 13th Edition, Elsevier
Publishing Company. Your exam and quiz questions are based on the book.
, HUN1201 Nutrition Lecture Notes
Digestion, Absorption, & Metabolism
• Initiate secretion of enzymes & digestive fluids and promote
gastrointestinal motility.
• Control secretion of hormones that influence appetite, food intake, &
satiety
•
Neural responses
• Initiate secretion of enzymes & digestive fluids and promote gastrointestinal
motility.
• Control secretion of hormones that influence appetite, food intake, & satiety
Principles of Digestion
Digestion: First step in preparing food for use by the body
2 Types of actions involved:
1. Muscular
2. Chemical
Gastrointestinal Secretions
• Food is digested chemically through the combined action of several secretions:
• Enzymes
• Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) & Buffer Ions
• Mucus
• Water & Electrolytes
Special cells in the mucosal lining of the gastrointestinal tract & in adjacent
accessory organs produce these secretions.
Types of Muscles-Muscle layers from the outer surface inward
• Serosa
• Longitudinal muscle layer
• Circular muscle layer
• Submucosa
• Mucosa
Esophagus - Muscular Actions in Digestion
Muscles along the GI tract produce
• Longitudinal muscles help propel food mass forward.
• Circular contractile muscles: rhythmic sweeping waves push food forward
(peristalsis).
• Rhythmic contractions propel the food mass forward along the tract.
• Mucosal muscles: local constrictive contractions to chop & mix the food
mass.
• Tonic & Periodic rhythmic contractions.
Mouth & Esophagus
Taste & Smell
• Taste buds located on the tongue, roof of the mouth, & throat contain chemical
receptors that respond to food & produce the 4 sensations of taste: Salty, Sweet,
Sour, & Bitter
• Much of what we perceive as taste of a food may actually be its odor.
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Lectures are based on the HUN1201 course textbook Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Williams, 13th Edition, Elsevier
Publishing Company. Your exam and quiz questions are based on the book.
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