NUTR 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thiamine, Reference Daily Intake, Rickets
18 Jan 2017
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Their action, interaction and balance relation to health and disease. Ingest, digests, absorbs, transports, utilizes, excretes food substances. Nutrition has gone from preventing nutrient deficiencies to studying the effects of over- nutrition. Now nutrition focuses on the optimal levels of nutrients. People are not the same and they respond differently to nutrients and nutrient levels. A chemical that is required for metabolism. Cannot be synthesized/ synthesized rapidly enough to meet the needs of the body. They are essential if: removing the nutrient causes a health problem, putting the nutrient back fixes the issue. Whe(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:374)ut(cid:396)ie(cid:374)t i(cid:374)take (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) falls (cid:271)elo(cid:449) the (cid:396)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ded (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Deficiency in iron, folate and/or vitamin b12: anemia. Not enough red blood cells to transport oxygen around the body. 10% of vitamin d form diet and rest from environment via uv rays. Deficiency does not mean nutritional requirement: deficiency: prevention of disease, nutritional requirement: ensure optimal health.
