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Question 1

Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involve the heart and blood vessels. These diseases also include ailments related to the coronary artery as well as angina and other infarction-related diseases. Most of the time, the narrowed down or blocked blood vessels are likely to cause heart diseases such as chest pain or stroke. Some other heart conditions that involve valves and rhythm are also included in it, and they belong to the group of cardiovascular diseases. They are caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits inside arteries.

Question 2

Myocardial infarction is another name for a heart attack. It occurs when the blood flow declines or there is a stoppage to the heart. These issues cause damage to the heart muscle. Most of the time, the most common symptom of heart disease is the pain in the heart that might eventually travel to the shoulder, arm, back and other parts of the body. It is a life-threatening disease that is likely to cause heart and tissue damage.

Question 3

Kwashiorkor and Marasmus have some fundamental differences. The key difference is that Kwashiorkor talks about protein deficiency when there is sufficient energy intake. On the other hand, marasmus is the inadequate energy intake that is witnessed in more or less all the forms. Kwashiorkor occurs when people have a severe deficiency of protein, while on the other hand, the marasmus is about inadequate energy of all types.

Question 4

Ammonia is the normal by product of the usage of the processing of nitrogen in the body. Then, it is excreted as waste in the form of urine when it comes to healthy people. But when there is a case of elevated ammonia, then it means that the kidney and the liver are not working in the proper manner. It means that the waste is bound to reside in the bloodstream. Kidneys are there to make sure that the processing of the nitrogen that is part of the body is being managed by kidneys, and then they are excreted as a form of waste.

Question 5

Fatty red meats, as well as the whole milk products that one gets to see in the market, are bad proteins. They are being termed so due to the fact that the content of the saturated fat that one gets to see in these proteins is on the other side as compared to the other sources. Bad proteins, on the other hand, are the ones that are included in Salmon and fish that include omega-3 fatty acids, and most of the time, the sodium content that one gets to see in these proteins is on the lower side.

Question 6

The nitrogen or the amino acid pool is the one that is the grand mixture of the amino acids that are available in the cells that are derived from the dietary sources that are witnessed when there is degradation of the protein. These pools are important due to the fact that these proteins are not stored in the body and there is constant turnover of the protein. The amino acids pool contains the whole free amino acids that are available in the body.

Question 7

The biggest problem that is faced by the vegans is that the plant diets do not have the right amount of protein. To make sure that the vegans are able to make up for this deficiency they have to opt for varied sources of diets. A well-rounded diet would go a long way toward the resolution of this deficiency.

Works Cited

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Crofford, Leslie J., et al. “Basic biology and clinical application of specific cyclooxygenase‐2 inhibitors.” Arthritis & Rheumatology 43.1 (2000): 4-13.