NUTR 3210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scurvy, Water–Electrolyte Imbalance, Libido
26 Jan 2017
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The science of food, nutrients and substances in food, action and interaction in a palace related to health, processes f ingestion, digestion, absorption, transportation, utilization, and excretion of these substances. Goal is to determine the optimal amount of nutrients people may respond differently to different levels. Essential nutrients: a chemical that is required for metabolism but cannot be produced or cannot be produced fast enough. Nutritional deficiencies: a persons nutrient intake consistently falls below the recommended requirement removing nutrient causes a de ciency and decline in health putting nutrient back into the diet corrects the de ciency. Anemia not enough red blood cells to transport oxygen around the body: important at key developmental stages. Vitamin d( rickets) 10% of vitamin d is from diet, 90% from the sunlight, defective. Thiamine (vitamin b1) beriberi, energy production, abnormalities in the nervous bone growth system. Vitamin c (scurvy) iron absorption, haemorrhaging, bleeding of the gums.
