How many amino acids does our body need in a day to function properly?

What is the role of protein in the body?

If I take in a gram of protein, approximately how many calories have I consumed?

Based on the national guidelines, approximately how much of my daily calories should be coming from protein for the average person?

Which is true about Kwashiorkor

How many amino acids do you need to take in from food on a daily basis?

If I am taking in too much protein what could happen to me? (Select all that apply)

Without protein, the body cannot form antibodies, leaving it open to infection by foreign substances.

Since plant foods contain incomplete proteins, strict vegetarians need to choose foods wisely to get all the protein their body needs.

Whipping egg whites into a foam lightens a soufflé by trapping air in bubbles within a protein film.

Which picture does NOT represent an aspect of protein

Denaturation changes a protein’s shape and properties, making it useful in food preparation.

Changes a liquid into a soft, semisolid clot or solid mass.

A single protein molecule containing ten or more amino acids linked in peptide chains.

This process changes the shape of a protein molecule without breaking its peptide bonds.

This is the crucial player in proteins that gives the variety and versatility - not found in carbohydrates or lipids

Amino acids link to form a protein molecule when these bonds between the nitrogen of one amino acid and the carbon of a second amino acid; this is the key to holding amino acids together in protein

I am a protein with a shape that is often compared to a ball of steel wool. As a globular protein, I am a convenient carrier. What is an example of my type of protein?

This type of vegetarian does eat some animal products: