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To: goodnesswins

“nutrient uptakes” = ability of the body to use nutrients to keep us healthy


105 posted on 12/02/2010 10:31:48 AM PST by goodnesswins (You deciding how to spend your health care $, thatÂ’s freedom. Govt deciding, thats a death panel)
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To: goodnesswins
“nutrient uptakes” = ability of the body to use nutrients to keep us healthy

nutrient uptake = ability of the body to absorb nutrients. Or, more narrowly, in the case of a specific nutrient, such as glucose, the ability of a particular cell to absorb, usually by active transport (the GLUT receptors in the case of glucose), a particular nutrient.


106 posted on 12/02/2010 10:37:19 AM PST by aruanan
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