Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Acrylamide, Microvillus, Sterol

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

Document Summary

Infectious diseases: disease caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites. Nutrition 1021- diet & health: person to person contact, through air, water, food, vectors mosquitoes, fleas. Characterized by degeneration of body organs due to : poor lifestyle choices ex) food, smoking, alcohol, lack of pa, lifestyle diseases, chronic diseases, diseases of old age, genetics, medical hx etc. Diet is a risk factor for these diseases. Can see that both cancer and heart disease are strongly diet related. Cancer"s different forms associate with different dietary factors a healthy body weight (canadian cancer society) Up to 35% of all cancers can be prevented by eating well, staying active and maintaining. Immunonutrition: influence of nutrients on the functioning of the immune system (skin, inner body lining, wbcs etc. ** deficiency or toxicity of a single nutrient can seriously weaken a person"s immune defenses ex(cid:524: deficiencies known to impair immunity: protein, energy, vit a, b, c, d, e, folate, copper, mg, vitamin a deficiency.