NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Hemolytic Anemia, Low-Density Lipoprotein, Blurred Vision
13 Mar 2017
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Vitamin a deficiency: vitamin a deficiency is a threat to the health, sight and lives of millions of children around the world, can be caused by insufficient intake of vitamin a, fat, protein, or zinc. Function of vitamin e: an antioxidant, works in lipid environments, unsaturated fatty acids, stored with triglycerides and other fatty tissues, transported through body in lipoproteins. Vitamin e electrons: vitamin e donates electrons to free radicals - neutralizes the free radical and helps prevent oxidation, antioxidant property lost but can be restored by another vitamin. The more pufa you eat : the more antioxidants you need to protect those fats from oxidation, luckily the foods that contain pufa also contain vitamin e, rda 15 mg/day for men and women. Where is vitamin e: food sources of plants have tons of vitamin e, plant oils, nuts, seeds, and leafy green vegetables.
