NUTR-UE 119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Food Processing, Intellectual Disability, Avocado
25 Aug 2016
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Water and minerals: water is the indespensible nutrients, bodies are composed of mostly water. Women more fat %, 50-60% adult bodies composed of water. Comes from foods and beverages in our diets b: distribution of body eater. Ai for men: 3. 7 l/day, 15 cups. Ai for women: 2. 7 l/day, 11 cups (from foods and beverages combined: we lose water through feces, urine, evaporation, created in metabolism b, water from food is not enough to replace water losses, can provide about. Insensible water loss: lungs and skin (can"t measure) Blood vessels in skin expand, more blood flow to surface, heat loss. Converting water to vapor requires energy, evaporation dissipates heat energy, cooling body. Comparatively tiny component of the body: about 5lbs worth a: major minerals: Intake rec have been established for 7 major minerals. Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfur: calcium, most abundant mineral, 99% stored in bones and teeth b.
