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Amino Acids and Your Daily Life Wen Jie Zhang, MD, PhD School of Medicine, Health Sciences and Engineering Susquehanna Township High School Lecture Series Week 10, October 2013 Clinical Relevance of This Weeks Topic Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Essential vs. Non-essential Amino Acids Slide 6 Vegetarianism Slide 7 Vegetarians Christine Lagarde IMF Director Slide 8 Vegetarians Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath,polymath best known for his work as an artist including the Mona LisaMona Lisa Slide 9 Vegetarians Natalie PortmanNatalie Portman, an American-Israeli actress Slide 10 Vegetarians Surya BonalySurya Bonaly, a French professional figure skater Slide 11 Slide 12 Vegetarians Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler, German politician Slide 13 Vegetarians Buddhists as a group Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 What They Eat to Remain Healthy? Slide 19 Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22 Food Sources of Essential Amino Acids Slide 23 Eating Disorders (Conditions) Anorexia (symptom) - the symptom of poor appetite whatever the cause Anorexia Nervosa - an eating disorder of excessive weight loss and usually undue concern about body shape Anorexia Mirabilis - teenagers (usually girls) who would starve themselves, sometimes to the death, for the sake of piety and self-consciousness. Slide 24 Karen Carpenter 1950-83 Slide 25 The End Slide 26 Tricarboxylic Cycle Slide 27 Slide 28