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PROTEINS | IMPORTANCE OF PROTEIN, SOURCES, DEFICIENCY

PROTEINS | IMPORTANCE OF PROTEIN, SOURCES, DEFICIENCY

Hello, Here  in this Article, We are going to tell you things every student must know about Proteins.
We bet you, most of this things, this will be your first time to know it.

  • ·         IMPORTANCE OF PROTEINS
  • ·         SOURES OF PROTEINS

ETC.

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DEFINITIONS OF PROTEINS

According to WIKIPEDIA,
Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, responding to stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another.

OR

Proteins are organic compound consisting of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen atoms but some proteins contain little phosphorus and sulphur atoms.
 Proteins have complex structures consisting of chains of Amino acids which are the smallest  (basic}  unites.

IMPORTANCE OF PROTEINS

Below are the important of proteins.
1.       Proteins are mostly needed for growth
2.       They are used to repairs of worn out or damaged tissues.
3.       Proteins are used to make enzymes hormones
4.       They give certain amount of energy.
5.       They are used to make white blood cells and anti-bodies

>>>> ALSO RED; FATS AND OIL ( LIPIDS}   |IMPORTANCE, SOURCES  OF FATS AND OILS

What Happens When proteins Is Inadequately  In Our Food ?  

  If the person is an Adult, ill health results but if the person is a growing child, retarded growth, weak muscles, distended stomach, swollen legs, loos of weight, and changes of hair color usually from dark to red results.
This conditions is called Kwashiorkor ( a disease of protein deficiency in diet}.

Examples of food rich in Animal proteins are ; Milk, Eggs, Meat, Chicken, Fish, and snail.

These animals proteins are sometimes called first class Proteins because they are more useful to the body as they contain most of the essential amino acids.
People who depends solely on plant proteins are like to suffer from deficiency disease.

Vegetation’s should carefully select  a combination of plant proteins that will complement each other so as to make up for each other’s deficiencies


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