NUTR 3090 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Thyroid, Disaccharide, Phytic Acid
6 Dec 2015
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B,c)- easily excreted, not stored in body and toxicity is rare. A,d,e,k)- stored in body and increase risk of toxicity. Fat soluble vitamins are stored in live or fatty tissues and there isn"t an easy way to excess them for secretion. Cooking- some are inactivated by heat or leached out in. Due to vitamin a deficiency, leading to dry eye ( no tears) leading to blindness. Rhodop: describe the two main functions of vitamin a. Vitamin k is needed by humans for blood clotting. Vitamin k can be obtained from bacteria in the gut and some from our diets. Babies have very little vitamin k in their bodies at birth, and can causes severe bleeding. Scurvy( vitamin c) lack of fresh fruit and veges- happened to sailors. Pellagra( vitamin b) lack of niacin causes death. Study of these disease is so important in the development of modern nutrition because it allows us to understand what vitamin deficiency can cause.
