Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acrylamide, Crich, Dont

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Noelle Martin

Document Summary

Food and nutrition chapter 11: diet and health. Can be transmitted from one person to another through air, water, or food; by contact; or through vectors (mosquitoes, fleas) Characterized by degeneration of body organs due to poor lifestyle choices (poor food choices, smoking, alcohol use, & lack of pa); lifestyle diseases, chronic diseases, or diseases of old age. Bioterrorism- intentional spreading of disease-causing organisms or agricultural pests as a political weapon to produce fear & intimidate people. Rapid global spread of new & old diseases - h1n1 (swine flu) virus, sars (sudden acute respiratory system), resurrected tb, measles, ebola. #1 = cancer and cv disease #2 = heart disease #3 = stroke. Degenerative diseases arise from 3 factors: genetic predisposition, personal medical history (both uncontrollable), & lifestyle choices (controllable) Other causes of death- chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents. Immune tissues first to be impaired in nutrient deficiency or excess. Some deficiencies more immediately harmful to immunity than others.