NUTR 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fish Oil, Retinol, Vitamin A

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Nutrition
• Course: NUTR 1010
• Professor: Jess Haines

Document Summary

Protein rich foods; 2 largest of 5 arcs. 3 different forms of vit a: retinol active form of vit a in animal products liver, fish oil, butter, eggs, retinal, retinoic acid. Functions: weak antioxidant, essential to eyesight (reacts to light) As a result of vit a deficiency : corena = permanent blindness, lung = infection, vagina = infection, skin keratinization. Keratin = protein (hardness of nails) but in wrong place an. How much? crack skin: men = 900 & women = 700, body stores it, we can go days without consuming it. Too much: extremely rare, supplements: decrease in appetite, abdominal and joint pain, permanent damage to liver, eyes, birth defects.