Foods and Nutrition 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Broccoli, Metastasis, Beta-Carotene
23 Dec 2016
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Can be transmitted from one person to another through air, water, or food; by contact; or through vectors (mosquitoes, eas) something we experience in an acute setting (ex. common cold: degenerative diseases. 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. The exact contribution diet makes to each disease is hard to estimate. Many experts believe that diet accounts for about a third of all cases of coronary heart disease. Nutrition and immunity: de cient intakes of many vitamins and minerals associated with impaired disease resistance. Immune tissues rst to be impaired in nutrient de ciency or excess: some de ciencies more immediately harmful to immunity than others antioxidants from fruits and vegetables combat so many diseases and illnesses, malnutrition worsens disease, disease worsens malnutrition.
