NUTR.2060 Lecture 13: Chapter 13
24 Mar 2017
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Overview of water-soluble vitamins: storage in body tissues is minimal. Low risk of toxicity: easily excreted when consumed in high amounts, easily destroyed during cooking. Leach into water, goes down the drain: most act as coenzymes. Needed for energy metabolism or new cell formation, especially the b vitamins: grains. Enriched wheat products and whole grains are important source of most b vitamins (b1, b2, b3, folic acid, and b12) Beef, pork, milk, eggs, enriched wheat and whole grain products, and legumes: some foods contain thiamin antagonists or compounds that destroy thiamin. Fresh sh, shell sh, brussel sprouts, and beets: needs. Functions of thiamin: coenzyme: thiamin pyrophosphate (ttp) !1: required for carbohydrate metabolism and branched chain amino acid metabolism. Monday, march 20, 2017 (energy formation: normal function of nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy (dry: numbness, weakness, tingling, burning pain of hands and feet. Congestive heart failure (wet: fatigue, dif cult breathing, uid retention, wernicke-korsakoff syndrome.
