NDT MIDTERMS [DECK 3] Flashcards
Sugar as one
of the main
ingredients of
the food
product
Ripe fruits,
Grains,
Legumes
Carbohydrates
Poultry, Eggs, Meat, Milk
Seafoods,
SOYBEAN
Cereals, Grains
Vegetables,
Legumes
Proteins
Red meat
Egg, Poultry
Dairy Products
Seafoods
Vegetable oils
Nuts, Tuna
Soybean
FATS
Acute:
Hypoglycemia
Chronic:
Weight loss
Carbohydrates
Protein Energy Malnutrition
Marasmus
Kwashiorkor
Proteins
ADEK
deficiency
Underweight
FATS
Acute:
Hyperglycemia
Chronic:
Diabetes and
Obesity
Carbohydrates
Cardiovascular Diseases
Obesity
Proteins
Cancer –
prostate,
pancreas,
kidney, breast
and colon
Kidney Disease
Fats
FOOD SOURCES:
■ Green leafy vegetables
VITAMINN K
Antioxidant
Growth and
development of
skeletal and muscle tissues
Eyesight
VIT. A
Calcium and
phosphorus
absorption
↓
Important for the
formation of
normal bones and
teeth
VIT. D
Antioxidant
functions
Healthy skin
VIT. E
Essential for
BLOOD CLOTTING
VIT. K
Night blindness
Bitot’s spot
Xerophthalmia
(SEVERE)
Faulty skeletal
and dental
development
VIT. A
Rickets in children
Osteomalacia in adult
VIT. D
Anemia
Nerve
degeneration
Weakness
VIT. E
Excessive
bleeding
Easy bruising
VIT. K
Hepatomegaly
VIT. A
Muscle spasms
Demineralization of
bones and deposits
in soft tissues
Kidney stones
VIT. D
Cramps, diarrhea
Dizzines
Blurred vision
Headaches
VIT. E
■ Increases the body resistance to infection
■ Helps keep gums and teeth healthy
■ Aids in the absorption of iron and calcium
■ in the body
■ Helps in the formation of red blood cells
■ Prevents scurvy.
VITAMIN C
VITAMIN C, B COMPLEX, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
■ Bleeding gums, loose teeth
■ Skin hemorrhages (black and blue spots)
■ Slow wound healing
■ Bone changes
■ Anemia
■ Scurvy in severe deficiency.
LACK OF
ASCORBIC ACID
○ FOOD SOURCES:
■ Citrus
■ Fruits
■ Broccoli
■ Kiwi
■ Cabbage
■ Strawberries
■ Tomatoes
■ Melons
VITAMIN C
■ Prevents beri-beri / nutritional polyneuritis
■ Keeps nerves in healthy condition, muscle
nerve function
■ Promotes good appetite and normal
digestion
■ Promotes good growth
VITAMIN B1
– occurs in infant 2 to
5 months of age, gets the
disease from mother’s milk
suffering from beri-beri and
symptoms like loss of voice
(aphoria) and cyanosis.
infantile beri-beri
/ nutritional polyneuritis
– edema on both
extremities progress
upwards to heart and
lungs.
infantile beri-beri
/ nutritional polyneuritis - WET
– involves
peripheral nerves
causing paresthesia
leading to paralysis.
infantile beri-beri
/ nutritional polyneuritis - DRY
■ Mental confusion/depression
■ Poor appetite
■ Nervousness
■ Loss of ankle and knee jerk reflexes
■ Painful calf muscles (cramps)
■ Constipation
■ Fatigue, weakness
■ Retarded growth
LACK OF
THIAMINE/VITAMIN B1
THIAMINE
VITAMIN B1
■ Keeps eyes and skin healthy
■ Aids in normal functioning of nervous
system
■ Promotes growth.
VITAMIN B2
■ Sores in angles of mouth and fold of nose
■ Itching burning eyes
■ Sore, swollen and chapped lips
■ Swollen, fissured, and painful tongues
■ Retarded growth
LACK OF
RIBOFLAVIN/VITAMIN B2
RIBOFLAVIN
VITAMIN B2
FOOD SOURCES:
■ Pork
■ Grains
■ Cereal Products
■ Meats
■ Fish
■ Green leafy vegetables
VITAMIN B2
■ Promotes normal digestion and keep nerve
in healthy condition
■ Keeps skin healthy
■ Promotes growth.
VITAMIN B3
■ Rough, red skin which later becomes
pigmented
■ Sore mouth, tongue and throat
■ Digestive and nervous disturbances
■ Loss of appetite and weight
■ Pellagra or “3D disease” (dementia,
dermatitis, diarrhea) in severe deficiency
■ Irritability
■ Mental confusion.
LACK OF
VITAMIN B3
NIACIN
VITAMIN B3
■ Essential for carbohydrate, protein and fat
metabolism
■ Maintenance of normal growth, healthy
skin and integrity of CNS
■ Co-enzyme for energy metabolism
VITAMIN B5
LACK OF - RESULTS IN:
■ Insomnia
■ Tingling sensation of the extremities
■ Muscle cramps
■ Vomiting
PANTHOTHENIC ACID/VITAMIN B5