INTRODUCTION TO MODERN NUTRITION SCIENCE Flashcards
1
Q
WHICH VITAMIN WAS ISOLATED FIRST AND WHEN?
A
THIAMINE (B1), 1926
2
Q
PERNICIOUS ANEMIA IS RELATED TO DEFICIENCY OF WHICH VITAMIN
A
B12
3
Q
ALL MAJOR VITAMINS WERE ISOLATED BY WHICH YEAR?
A
1948
4
Q
WHERE DOES THE TERM ‘VITAMIN’ COME FROM?
A
CONCEPT OF ‘VITAL AMINE’ IN FOOD, 1913
5
Q
WHEN WAS VITAMIN C ISOLATED?
VIT C WAS THEN IDENTIFIED AS TREATMENT FOR SCURVY, WHAT IS IT?
A
1932
SCURVY IS A FORM OF SEVERE VIT C DEFICIENCY (3+ MONTHS), CAN BE FATAL IF UNTREATED AND HAS SYMPTOMS LIKE BLEEDING SORES, TOOTH LOSS, ANEMIA, POOR WOUND HEALING ETC
6
Q
HOW IS FAMINE DEFINED?
A
- at least 20% of households face extreme food shortages with limited ability to cope
- more than 30% of children suffer from acute malnutrition
- hunger causes more than 2 deaths daily for each 10 000 people
7
Q
HOW MANY PEOPLE TODAY GO TO BED HIUNGRY
A
815 million (1/9)
