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Create two charts:
List A: will be all the vitamins and minerals. In this chart, you will provide the name of the vitamin/mineral, two food sources that the item is found in, deficiency diseases and disease of toxicity, and two functions of each vitamin/mineral.
List B: will be all other terms/diseases/functional issues, please provide information (describe the function, or meaning, and what the association is with nutrition) on each topic. When you have completed the entire assignment (2 charts/documents) save your document as an rtf., doc., docx. type of file and save in a file for your safekeeping. Cut and paste your assignment in the assignment window and then submit. Do not attach files and do not submit your work in the comments section. Due by Sunday night midnight.
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Key Terms: (Be sure to scroll down the entire list)
List A
List B
Vitamin and mineral |
2 Food sources | Deficiency disease | Functions |
Vitamin A | egg,cod liver oil | night blindnes | maintain healthy teeth ,skeleton and soft tissue |
Vitamin D | beef liver ,cheese | rackets | maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus |
Vitamin E | vegetable oil, nuts | abetslipoproteinemia | act as antioxidant to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals |
Vitamin K | chicken, egg yolk | bleeding | blood clotting bone metabolism |
Vitamin B12 | fish, meat | anaemia | prevent a type of anaemia called megaloblastic anaemia which makes people tired and weak |
Vitamin B6 | vegetables, egg | microcytic anaemia | producing neurotransmitters |
Vitamin C | lemon, orange | scurvy | it is required for growth development and repair of of all body tissues |
Biotin | cheese, sweet potato | alopecia | health of hair ,skin and nails |
Carnitine | milk, cheese | hyperglycemia | important for heart and brain functions |
Choline | liver, egg | muscle and liver diseases | required for neurotransmitters synthesis cell membrane signalling ,lipidTransport |
Cyanocobalamin | Tuna fish, milk | atrophic gastritis | to maintain health of your metabolism blood cells and nerves |
Folate | broccoli, egg | anaemia | helps tissue growth and cells work |
Folic acid | Orange ,rice | anaemia | produce and maintain new cells |
manganese | brown rice, nut | impaired growth | activate many enzymes in metabolism |
Iodine | fish ,milk | goitre | used to make thyroid hormone |
Molybdenum | beans ,peas | brain disfunction | removing toxins from the metabolism of sulphur containing amino acid |
Niacin | liver ,chicken breast | pellagra | converting carbohydrates into glucose, metabolizing fats and proteins |
Pantothenic acid | avocado ,mushrooms | numbness and burning of hands and feet | for making blood cells and to convert food you eat into energy |
Riboflavin | green vegetables, eggs | stomatitis | breakdown of proteins ,fats and carbohydrates |
Thiamine | Orange ,egg | Beri beri | changes carbohydrate into energy |
Other terms | function/meaning | association with nutrition |
Apoenzyme | supplement enzyme to speed up biochemical process | protein portion of the active unit |
Aribofavinosis | masturation of young red blood cells | alcohol-related |
Ataxia | lack of muscle coordination | carbohydrates related |
Avidin | tetrameric biotin binding protein | glycoprotein component of egg |