Nutrition I Flashcards
This refers to the science of food.
Nutrition
This is the condition of the body that results from the ingestion and utilization of nutrients.
Nutritional Status
These consists of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
Macronutrients
These consists of vitamins and minerals.
Micronutrients
These are foods that make your body grow.
Body-building Foods
Protein, Iodine, Iron, and Vitamin B.
These are foods that give you energy. Foods rich in carbs and fats.
Energy-giving Foods
These are foods that keep organs working and in good condition e.g. vitamins and minerals.
Body-regulating Foods
This macromolecule is vital in the body processes and deficiency would lead to failure of growth and development among infants.
Protein
Protein malnutrition will lead to these two types of diseases.
Kwashiorkor and Marasmus
This is the category wherein energy malnutrition falls under.
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Can be classified by lack of protein or lack of calories.
These are the characteristics of Marasmum.
- Caloric depravation
- Muscle wasting
- Generalized muscle wasting
- No edema
These are the characteristics of Kwashiorkor.
- Protein depravation (some caloric)
- Swollen abdomen
- Skin hyperpigmentation or dispigmentation
- MEALS
This is what the MEALS in Kwashiorkor stands for.
- Malnutrition
- Edema
- Anemia
- Fatty Liver
- Skin Lesions
These are some ways to address malnutrition.
- Nutrition Education and Awareness
- Commission Based Nutrition Intervention
- Collaboration
These are the ways to measure the nutritional education and awareness of a population.
- Anthropometric
- Biochemical
- Chemical
- Dietary
These are the different kinds of malnutrition.
- Thinness (Acute)
- Shortness (Chronic)
These are macromolecules that modulate the production of insulin, provide energy, and is used in the synthesis of lipoproteins, cholesterol, and hormones.
Carbohydrates
Starch, Fiber, and Sugar
These help in the modulation of peristalsis movement and prevent constipation.
Dietary Fiber
Has lignin, nondigestible, and nonstarchy.
This kind of fiber dissolved in water to form a gel and serves to slow the rate of passage of food from the small intestines.
Soluble Fiber
Grain and fruits.
This kind of fiber has lowering effects because it increases fecal excretion of bile acids, produced short-chain fatty acids, and promotes GI mobility and motility.
Insoluble Fiber
Whole grain and leafy vegetables.
These are the daily value of dietary fiber for men and women.
- 25g/day for Women
- 38g/day for Men
This is a macromolecule that provides essential nutrients and is beneficial in the right amout and type. It is also a concentrated source of energy that can absord, transport, and dissolve vitamins.
Fats
These are the fat soluble vitamins.
- A
- D
- E
- K
This vitamin maintains vision, bone, tooth, hormones, immunity, and prevents xeropthalmia.
Vitamin A
Retinol or retinoic acid.
This is the location where vitamin As are stored due to its specific property.
Stellate Cells of ITO
Stored for 6 months.
This vitamin aids in the mineralization of bones to prevent rickets and osteomalacia (for adults).
Vitamin D
Calciferol
This vitamin is an anti-oxidant that protects the neuromuscular system and prevent arterosclerosis.
This is the most powerful natrually occuring anti-oxidant.
Vitamin E
Tocopherol
This is the occular manifestation of Vitamin A deficiency.
Xeropthalmia
Earliest sign of deficiency is loss of sensitivity to green light and Nyctalopia (night blindness).
This is the normal amount of Vitamin D circulating in the body.
20-100ug/ml
This is the most potent form of Vitamin E.
Alpha Tocopherols
This is the disease wherein it is caued by a deficiency of Vitamin E.
Hemolytic Anemia
This vitamin is related to coagulation.
Vitamin K
These are the problems associatied with the deficiency and toxicity of Vitamin K.
- Deficiency = clotting problems
- Toxicity = hemolysis
This vitamin supports normal appetite and nervous tissue function. Prevents beri-beri (dry or wet).
Vitamin B1
Thiamine
This is the potential disease that is caused by Vitamin B1 deficiency characterized by:
- Acute, life-threatening, reversible disorder
Wernicke Encephalophathy
Symptoms of confusion, opthalmoparesis, and ataxia.