NSD 225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Folic Acid, Olive Oil

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Nutrition Science & Dietetics
• Course: NSD 225
• Professor: Dershowitz

Document Summary

High alcohol increases risk of: hbp, heart failure, liver disease, violence. 12oz beer = 1. 5 oz liquor = 5oz wine. It takes 1. 5 hrs to metabolize one drink. Time is the only way to sober up is time. Decreases b6 and destroys the b-vitamin folacin. Wine before a meal can improve your appetite. It just gets absorbed through the stomach walls. If the stomach is full, the alcohol has less of a chance from getting to the brain. Controversy regarding its effects on our cholesterol. Animal food sources (milk, butter, eggs, cheese) An inactive form is found in veggies and is converted in the small intestine (vegetables, yellow foods: deficiency: Liver, eggs, salmon, butter, fish oil: function: Can be made with good bacteria in colon (and through diet: function: Pro biotic: something we eat with good bacteria that help the large intestine. Proteins: made up on carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen, have 4 kcals/gram, nitrogen makes them unique.