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Disaccharides
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Disaccharides

Generality What are disaccharides? The disaccharides, or diolosides, are carbohydrates formed by the union of two simple sugars , in turn defined monosaccharides. DISACCARIDE = MONOSACCARIDE + MONOSACCARIDE Plant and animal disaccharides Sucrose , produced by plants thanks to photosynthesis, consists of a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule

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Pantothenic acid content of foods

Food sources, intake levels and nutrition status Food sources Pantothenic acid is found in foods both in free and bound form, and is widely distributed in plant and animal foods. About 85% of the diet's pantothenic acid is present in the form of coenzyme A and phosphopanthine. Recommended intake levels There is not enough information to establish pantothenic acid requirements, nor specific studies on dietary levels in Italy
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Folic acid in food

Food sources, intake levels and nutrition status Food sources and recruitment levels in Italy Folate is found in meat (especially offal) and in vegetables (especially beans, tomatoes, oranges), in a more or less bound and available form. In fact, in foods there are folate inhibitors or other unknown factors that reduce their absorption (by 20% in legumes and 80% in orange juice)
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Alpha Linolenic Acid

Generality What is Alpha Linolenic Acid? Alpha linolenic acid is an essential fatty acid, which is also identified with the letters ALA, AaL, LNA or 18: 3 (ω3). Together with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20: 5, ω3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6, ω3), ALA makes up the series of essential omega 3 lipids. I
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Linoleic acid

What is Linoleic Acid Linoleic acid (LA 18: 2) is an essential lipid with 18 carbon atoms which, together with gamma-linolenic acid (GLA 18: 3), diomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA 20: 3), and all arachidonic acid (AA 20: 4), constitutes the group of omega 6 essential fatty acids. Chemical Structure Biological Functions Linoleic acid is a fundamental precursor of some endogenous bioregulators: prostaglandins, which play a very important role in inflammatory processes thromboxanes, involved in blood coagulation
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Pantothenic acid

What is that Pantothenic acid, commonly identified by the abbreviation B5 , is a water-soluble vitamin of group B, with characteristics of thermolability (therefore susceptible to temperature rise) and instability to acid-base variations in pH. In food Pantothenic acid is an almost ubiquitous molecule, therefore, it is found to a greater or lesser extent (directly or in the form of provitamin, panthenol) in most food products; the richest organic sources of pantothenic acid are legumes and offal, but in all probability, the probiotic action of the intestinal bacterial flora favors the achieveme
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Low Glycemic Index Foods

Foods with a low glycemic index are products which, by virtue of their chemical composition and their impact on the body, determine a moderate rise in blood sugar. Blood Sugar and Insulin Blood glucose, or the amount of glucose in the blood (mg / dl), is the stimulating agent of pancreatic insulin secretion; the latter represents the anabolic hormone most responsible for adipose accumulation
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Calcium-rich foods

Watch the video X Watch the video on youtube Football Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. Like phosphorus, most calcium resides in bones, in which it also plays a structural and reserve role for the body. Only 1% of body calcium is dissolved in the soft tissues (inside the cells, in the matrices, in the blood, etc
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Resistant starch

What is Resistant Starch Resistant starch (in English Resistant Starch - RS) constitutes 1/10 of food starch; it is a nutritional molecule that, for one reason or another, is NOT digestible by the salivary and pancreatic enzymes of the human being; therefore, due to its impact on the intestinal-metabolic equilibrium, the resistant starch falls into the category of dietary fiber and / or functional components
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Football

Football functions Calcium (Ca ++) is an extremely important mineral salt for the human body, which is still the subject of numerous studies. Calcium is the most abundant mineral element in the human body. By binding to phosphorus (P), it first of all plays a very important structural function (ratio 2
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Refined carbohydrates

Refined carbohydrates are caloric-type macronutrients, which are useful to the body to support the physiological mechanisms that require the use of energy; refined carbohydrates are also synonymous with: refined carbon hydrates, refined carbohydrates, refined glycides and refined sugars. I underline that the wording "refined carbohydrates" is generic or imprecise, since carbohydrates can be extracted, hydrolysed and synthesized on an industrial level: what is subjected to refining, in reality, are the foods and not the carbohydrates they contain or added
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