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1. List two effects your eating habits could have on your weight and overall health, over several months or years, if you significantly over-ate more than the recommended calorie level:

2. List at least two effects your eating habits could have on your weight and health, over several months or years, if you significantly ate less than the recommended calorie level:

3. List each fat-soluble vitamin and a possible health concern if you consistently consumed that vitamin

4. What are two foods that are good sources of Vitamin K? What are the health benefits of a diet adequate in Vitamin K?

5. Vitamin D can be made in the skin by exposure to sunlight and is found in foods. However, many people do not receive, or produce, adequate amounts of vitamin D for good health. Name three types of individuals who are likely to be vitamin D deficient and explain why they might be unable to make enough vitamin D from sunlight or why they may not receive adequate amounts from food:

Answer 1

1. Effects of over eating habits on weight and overall health:

1. May promote excess body fat: Overeating may be especially problematic for developing excess body fat or obesity because there will be consumption of far more calories than the body's need.

2. May impair brain function: Over time, overeating may harm brain function. Chronic overeating and obesity are linked to slight cognitive decline with aging

3. May increase disease risk: Obesity, which is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above, is one of the main risk factors for metabolic syndrome. This cluster of conditions raises your chances of heart disease and other health problems, such as diabetes and stroke.

2. Effects of under eating habits on weight and overall health:

1. Malnutrition: Nutrient deficiencies in Calcium, Iron, zinc, Vitamin B, D and protein.

2. Slow Metabolism: The Body switches to energy conservation mode and stores body fat as a line of survival. This mechanism is done, as the body does not know when it is going to regularly get fuel. Eating less causes the body to hang onto body fat tissues, and use muscle tissues as fuel. Since muscle tissue burns calories by just being on the body, every bit of loss causes metabolism to slow down.

3. Under Active thyroid hormone: Causes hair loss, Shuts down sex hormone production, Stress hormones like Cortisol rise, which leads to leptin and insulin resistance. This can stall weight loss and cause body fat retention.

3. List each fat-soluble vitamin and a possible health concern if you consistently consumed that vitamin:

Vitamin A:

Vitamin A plays a key role in maintaining the vision. Without it, one would go blind.

Excessive intake of vitamin A leads to an adverse condition known as hypervitaminosis A. It’s rare, but may have serious health effects.

The main symptoms and consequences of toxicity include fatigue, headache, irritability, stomach pain, joint pain, lack of appetite, vomiting, blurred vision, skin problems and inflammation in the mouth and eyes.

It may also lead to liver damage, bone loss and hair loss. At extremely high doses, vitamin A can be fatal.

Vitamin D:

Nicknamed the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D is produced by your skin when it’s exposed to sunlight.

Taking high amounts of supplements may cause harm.

The main consequence of toxicity is hypercalcemia, a condition characterized by excessive amounts of calcium in the blood.

Symptoms include headache, nausea, lack of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, kidney and heart damage, high blood pressure and fetal abnormalities, to name a few.

Vitamin E:

As a powerful antioxidant, vitamin E protects your cells against premature aging and damage by free radicals.

Over intake of vitamin E may have blood-thinning effects, counteracting the effects of vitamin K and causing excessive bleeding. Thus, people who take blood-thinning medications should avoid taking large amounts of vitamin E.

Vitamin K:

Vitamin K plays a key role in blood clotting. Without it, one would run the risk of bleeding to death.

Over dose of vitamin K can cause anemia due to rupture of red blood cells, and jaundice.

4. What are two foods that are good sources of Vitamin K? What are the health benefits of a diet adequate in Vitamin K?

The best dietary sources of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) are leafy green vegetables, whereas vitamin K2 (menaquinone) is mainly found in animal-sourced foods and fermented soy products.

In contrast to phylloquinone, menaquinone is only found in small amounts in certain high-fat, animal-sourced foods, such as egg yolks, butter and liver.

Benefits of vitamin K may include:

May decrease bone loss and reduce the risk of bone fractures.

Vitamin K helps to make various proteins that are needed for blood clotting and the building of bones. Prothrombin is a vitamin K-dependent protein directly involved with blood clotting. Osteocalcin is another protein that requires vitamin K to produce healthy bone tissue.

5. Name three types of individuals who are likely to be vitamin D deficient and explain why

1. Vegans and Vegetarians:

One of the main sources of vitamin D aside from the sun is via eating animal products. But, a vegan or a vegetarian, this obviously poses a problem. Milk and yogurt are filled with vitamin D as well, but those are not options for vegans.

2. People Taking Certain Medication:

One such side effect is a decrease in the body’s ability to absorb and metabolize vitamin D.

The medications that seem to cause this vitamin deficiency the most are:

• Drugs that lower cholesterol
• Drugs for weight-loss
• Corticosteroid medications

3. Suffers of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD);

Inflammatory bowel disease causes the body to struggle immensely with properly absorbing fat. And, since vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, it would make sense that if one has IBD and aren’t able to properly take in fat, then one will be deficient in this vitamin.

4. People With A BMI of 30 or More:

The higher the body mass index (BMI), the harder it is for vitamins to circulate throughout the body, vitamin D in particular.

If the person weighs in with a BMI of 30 or more, chances are good that this vitamin is struggling to properly circulate in the body.