Kinesiology 3339A/B Lecture : Exercise Nutrition - Lecture 29

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3339A/B
• Professor: Peter Lemon

Document Summary

Shows how free-radicals can be formed and how negative impact can be minimized: normal metabolism, free radicals can form from protein and lipid, extremely hazardous to health. Fat-soluble vitamins: bigger store in body, easy to consume toxic amounts if you supplement excessively, harder to produce a deficiency. could take months or longer to show up if your diet is inadequate. also has antioxidant functions: founds in limited foods. Liver (few people eat), dairy products and fish (many vegetarians don t eat: form of the pro-vitamins. pre-cursor that can be converted into vit. despite the fact that it s in limited foods because you get pro-vitamin a (pro-vitamin a) D don t need to supplement: plays a major role in calcium regulation (bones and teeth) If you are deficient, bones will be softer. rickets = deficiency disease: don t need to know the structure.