nutrient excesses and deficiencies
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Nutrient Excesses and Deficiencies . Foods I Spring 2009 Objective 2.01. Kwashiorkor or Protein Energy Malnutrition . Protein malnutrition Sources: Meats, eggs, fish. Night Blindness. Deficiency-Vitamin A Sources-Red-orange food, egg yolks, liver and dairy. Rickets. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NUTRIENT EXCESSES AND DEFICIENCIES Foods I Spring 2009 Objective 2.01
Kwashiorkor or Protein Energy Malnutrition
Protein malnutrition Sources: Meats, eggs, fish
Night Blindness Deficiency-Vitamin A Sources-Red-orange food, egg yolks,
liver and dairy
Rickets Deficiency: Vitamin D Misshaped breastbones and legs Sources: Fortified Milk, sunshine
Scurvy Deficiency: Vitamin C Symptoms: Sores on skin, mucous
membranes, untreated-fatal Sources: Citrus fruits
Beriberi Deficiency: Thiamin B1 Numbness in ankles and legs followed by
severe cramping and paralysis Food Sources: Whole Grains and meats
Pellagra Deficiency: Niacin B3 Raw and inflamed skin rash, abdominal
pain, diarrhea, dementia and paralysis Liver and kidney. Meat, poultry, peanuts
and peanut butter
Pernicious Anemia Deficiency: Vitamin B12 Abnormally large red blood cells,
depression, and drowsiness Animal proteins
Osteopororosis Deficiency: Calcium Porous and brittle bones Milk and Milk Products
Hypertension Excess: Sodium Force applied by the heart to pump
blood through the blood vessel Causes: Smoking, overweight, too much
salt in the diet
Goiter Deficiency: Iodine Enlargement of the thyroid gland Sources: Seafood and iodized salt
Anemia Deficiency: Iron Symptoms: Fatigue, pale Function: Carries oxygen in the blood Source: Meat, seafood, egg yolks, dark
leafy green vegetables