HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

PROTEIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a high biological protein?
A
One with most if not all amino acids supplied.
B
Protein that is bio-available.
C
Protein that is easy to digest.
D
All answers are correct
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Along with milk, eggs contain the highest biological value (or gold standard) for protein. One egg has only 75 calories but 7 grams of high-quality protein, 5 grams of fat, and 1.6 grams of saturated fat, along with iron, vitamins, minerals, and carotenoids.

Detailed explanation-2: -High Biological value (HBV) proteins contain all the 10 essen-tial amino acids (EAA). Low Biological Value (LBV) proteins are missing one or more essential amino acids (EAAs). Functions in the body. HBV foods: meat, poultry, cheese, soya beans, milk, quinoa, eggs, fish, yogurt, quark, soya beans, quinoa.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spider silk, hemoglobin, keratin in your nails and hair, actin and myosin in muscle fibers – all these are proteins. As a class of biological compounds, they are vital to essentially every biological process, because they can take so many different forms.

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