Foods and Nutrition - Ch. 7 - Van Sickle - XCP

pernicious anemia

- abnormally large red blood cells, depression, and drowsiness
- deficiency disease of vitamin B12

pem

- protein energy malnutrition
- Fatigue and weight-loss in adults, diarrhea, infections, and stunted growth in children
- deficiency disease of protein

Rickets

- Crooked legs, misshapen breast bone
- Deficiency disease of vitamin d

Hypertension

- high blood pressure
- excess disease of sodium

night blindness

- reduced ability to see in dim light
- deficiency disease of vitamin a

goiter

- Enlargement of the thyroid gland
- deficiency disease of iodine

scurvy

- weakness, bleeding gums, loss of teeth, and internal bleeding
- deficiency disease of vitamin c

osteoporosis

- Porous, brittle bones
- deficiency disease of calcium

pellagra

- Skin lesions, digestive problems, mental disorders, and death
- deficiency disease of niacin

beriberi

- Numbness in ankles and legs, followed by severe cramping, and paralysis
- deficiency disease of thiamine

vitamins

Compounds found in food that help regulate many body processes

fat-soluble vitamins

- dissolve in fats
- stored in body
- ADEK

Vitamin A

- helps eyes adapt to night vision, ex. oranges

Vitamin D

- bones + teeth
- works with calcium and phosphorus

Vitamin E

- main function is that it is an antioxidant
- helps prevent or slow the damage caused by reactions with oxygen

3 antioxidant vitamins

A, C, E

Vitamin K

blood clotting

water soluble vitamins

- Not stored in the body
- Vitamin C and B complex

Vitamin C

-ascorbic acid
- Needed for the formation of collagen
- Keeps cell vessel walls absorbent
- Fights infection
- Heals wounds and bones
- Deficiency disease: scurvy

Vitamin B complex

Folate, niacin, thiamine