FSHN 125 Lecture Notes - Intellectual Disability, Thyroid, Hemoglobin
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Numerous well-designed, double-blind studies with humans have shown that daily megadoses of 1000 milligrams per day of vitamin c: May reduce the duration of colds: is almost all excreted in feces and urine, a and b only, b and c only. A dietary selenium deficiency can cause: anemia, goiter, depressed immune function, poor growth and development. Compare minerals to vitamins, protein, fat, and carbohydrate, in terms of: Which minerals are essential in the human diet in. Major (macro-) amounts (100 mg or more per day) Trace amounts (less than 100 mg per day) Deficiency muscle cramps, irregular heart beat, loss of appetite, convulsions in infants, increased risk of osteoporosis, possibility of poor bone maintenance, weakness, muscle pain, poor heart function. Adult women: adult men, they are equally deficient. Know the functions of adequate calcium in the diet. Permits flow of ions in and out of nerve cells. Regulates cellular metabolism by influencing the activities of various enzymes and hormonal responses.