NTDT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Polyphenol, Dental Caries, Intellectual Disability
16 Apr 2018
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Increased by vitamin c, acid (citric and lactic), mfp factor (meat, fish, and poultry), and sugars (fructose) Polyphenol (tannins in tea, coffee, and red wine) Calcium intake (milk) - iron and calcium compete with each other for absorption: iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia. #1 nutritional disorder in the world (world health organization) High-risk groups - children, pregnant, and menstruating women. Results from increased iron absorption and high iron stores in the body: most common genetic disorder in the u. s. Characteristics of condition - toxic accumulation of iron in the liver, heart, joints, and other tissues. Treatment - phlebotomy = withdrawal of blood from the body: iron rda for vegetarians is doubled (because diet is based on non-heme iron); athletes have a 30% higher requirement (due to increased iron losses) Diarrhea, constipation, nausea, vomiting - effects of high doses on an empty stomach. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, shock, and confusion reproduction, immune responses: zinc deficiency, symptoms.
