Sentences with phrase «basic body functions»

Complete proteins are high - quality proteins that contain the essential amino acids we need for basic body function.

The liver converts all of these sugars into glucose, which is carried through the bloodstream — accompanied by insulin — and converted into energy for basic body functioning and physical activity.

Pearce first struggles just to survive and then to regain control of basic body functions, but all along he still has the dream of returning to snowboarding.

«Adrenal glands in cats control many basic body functions by secreting hormones including blood pressure, heart rate and glucose levels.

You can also opt to gift those kinds of clothes which can fit in gastric or naval tubes that may initially be attached to a premature baby to assist on basic body functions.

«We've known for quite some time now that when people dramatically reduce the number of kilojoules they eat, their basal energy — the energy just to fuel basic body functioning — reduces,» says Professor Timothy Gill, a principal research fellow at Sydney University's Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders.

These essential hormones lead to basic body functions like cellular regeneration, mineralization of bone, works in the liver to reduce glucose, etc..

Get a resting metabolic rate test done to see how many caloroes you specifically use just for basic body functioning.

There are a number of basic body functions that we do in life without much reflection: we breathe, we sleep, we pee.

Calcium makes up approximately 2 percent of your total body weight and contributes to many basic body functions, including disease prevention and absorption of other nutrients.

Toddlers slowly learn to master this basic body function and have the opportunity to take ownership and pride in this new skill.

According to the study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, bigger eyed and larger bodied Neanderthals required more brain space devoted to the visual system and basic body functions, leaving less area for what co-author Robin Dunbar called «the smart part.»

1) Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy (calories) you spend in one day to maintain the basic body functions, like breathing, heart beat, metabolism, and for the production of heat.

This is the amount of energy needed for basic body functions (digestion, respiration, etc.).