HUN-1201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alpha Cell, Dementia, Citric Acid Cycle
11 Apr 2016
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Supports wellness which helps with the absence of disease and physical, emoional, and spiritual health. Poor nutriion causes deiciency diseases such as scurvy and pellagra. Is associated with chronic diseases including heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Criical components of wellness: nutriion and physical acivity. Healthy people 2020: nutriion is a naional goal to promote opimal health and disease prevenion: explain the diferent types of nutrients. Inorganic nutrients do not contain carbon; ex. Macronutrients provide energy/fuel to our bodies, required in large amounts, cannot be destroyed; ex. Micronutrients do not provide energy, facilitate the release of energy, required in smaller amounts, can be destroyed; ex. Fat soluble vitamins soluble in fat, stored in the body, toxicity can occur when consuming excess amounts; ex. Water soluble vitamins soluble in water, not stored in the body, excess excreted in urine, toxicity can occur as a result of over supplementaion; ex.
