Category: H
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Heat of product formation
The heat produced in association with the metabolic processes of product formation from absorbed metabolites. In its simplest form, it is the heat produced by a biosynthetic pathway.
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Heat of fermentation
The heat produced in the digestive tract as a result of microbial action. This is an especially important heat component in ruminants.
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Heat of digestion and absorption
The heat produced as a result of the action of digestive enzymes on the food within the digestive tract and the heat produced by the digestive tract in moving the digesta through the tract as well as moving the absorbed nutrients through the wall of the digestive tract.
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heat of activity
The heat produced by the activity of the skeletal muscular system in the course of performing actions such as standing, sitting, walking, running, and so on. Also called the activity increment.
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Heat increment
The increase in heat production associated with the consumption of food in a thermoneutral environment. It includes HdE, heat of product formation (HrE), heat of waste formation and excretion (HwE), and HfE.
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Harris-benedict equations
Equations used to estimate basal energy expenditure.
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Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
Organic cyclic compounds containing a fluoride, chloride, iodide, or bromide substituent. Thyroxin is an example.
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Hageman’s factor
Precursor of kallikrein (serine protease) that participates in the production of bradykinin. The Hageman’s factor also participates in the blood clotting process.
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Hydrogenated fats
Fats that have been chemically altered to convert them from liquid to solid form. The process can destroy the nutritional value of the fat and results in the formation of altered fatty acid molecules. Fats whose double bonds have been converted to single bonds with the resultant change in physical state (oil or liquid state…
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Holding spray
A styling product that gives long-lasting hold and control to all hair types.