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Vitamin and Mineral Flashcards

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Methotrexate for cancer will cause

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Weight and Folate loss

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Enriched vs. Fortified

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  1. Enriched: Added b/c they lost faster

2. Fortified: Added b/c it didn’t have it

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Pro-hormone vitamin

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Vita D

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Which mineral has over 300 reactions/processes

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Magnesium

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Pt says he has been itching and eating out a lot…

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Hyper-phophatemia

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alcoholic vitamin deficiency

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Thiamin

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Phosphorous

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. Excess
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  1. Properties: Second most abundant mineral
  2. Function: Phospholipids transport fat through lymph and blood. In bones and teeth.
  3. Sources: meat, diary, fish, eggs, and inorganic foods like processed foods
  4. Deficiency: rare
  5. Excess: itching, darkening of skin b/c when high it pulls calcium out of the bone
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Long term use of a Proton Pump Inhibitor

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  1. Intrinsic factor is lost and can cause pernicious anemia
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Potassium

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. Lab Values
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  1. Properties: Electrolyte
  2. Function: Conducts nerve impulses and muscle contraction
  3. Sources: potato, oranges, tomato, banana, avocado (POTASSYUM)
  4. Deficiency: Hypokalemia
  5. Lab values: 3.5-5
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Flouride

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. Excess
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  1. Properties: Trace mineral
  2. Function: teeth and bones
  3. Sources: Water, soil
  4. Deficiency: Dental Caries
  5. Excess: Flurosis (brown stains on teeth)
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Iron

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Trace mineral, part of hgb
  2. Function: Oxygen transport
  3. Sources: eggs, dairy, meats
  4. Deficiency: Pale tongue, pale conjunctrate, fatigue, anemia, spoon shape nails (pale!)
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Low zinc can cause ___ in adolescents

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delayed maturity

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13
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Strengths and weakness of B1, B2, B3

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Strength: Love to be part of metabolism, energy release, and precursor & essential
Weakness: Easily destroyed via heart & PH & UV

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Fat Soluble Vitamins, Strengths & Weakness

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KEDA (Dark-bright colors)
Strengths: Loves change, coverts things, anti-oxidant
Weakness: Greater risk for toxicity (b/c they are stored in the body longer

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Omega 3 reduces

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Triglycerides (“tri”) and inflammation

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Omega 6 is

  1. known for
  2. deficiency
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  1. known for “beauty and brains”

2. Deficiency leads to petechiae and eczema

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17
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Protein Deficiency

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Easily pluckable hair and lines down all nails

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18
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Alopecia deficiency mineral

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zinc

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19
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Dry vs Wet Beriberi

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Dry affects nerves - Muscle Paralysis

Wet: affects the heart

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Vita C

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Most easily destroyed! anti-oxidant, destroyed by heart, alkaline pH, oxidation
  2. Function: makes collagen, wound healing, aiding iron absorption
  3. Sources: citrus fruits, potatoes, papaya, dark greens, yellow veggies
  4. Deficiency: Scurvy, poor wound healing and bleeding gums & petechiae
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Iodine

  1. Properties
  2. Sources.
  3. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Trace mineral and part of thyroxine
  2. Sources: Seafood, iodized salt
  3. Deficiency: goiter
22
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Water soluble vitamins are always

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first to lower w/ disease

B vitamins

23
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Vita A

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Pro-vitamin, carotene, precursor
  2. Function: skin, vision
  3. Sources: Yellow and orange foods, dark leafy vegetables
  4. Deficiency: night blindness, corneal damage, dry scaly skin
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Chromium

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: absorption enhanced by vita C and B3
  2. Function: aids insulin action, glucose metabolism
  3. Sources: yeast, oyster, potatoes, liver
  4. Deficiency: insulin resistance
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Magnesium

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: part of chlorophyll
  2. Function: protein in FA synthesis, stabilizes structure of ATP, vita D increases need (over 300 reactions & properties)
  3. Sources: Milk, bread, chocolate
  4. Deficiency: Rare, tremors
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Selenium

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Cooperates w/ Vita E
  2. Function: Anti-oxidant-tissue respiration
  3. Sources: soil, grain, poultry, fish and dairy
  4. Deficiency: Myalgia, cardiac myopathy
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Vita D

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Cholesterol is a precursor of vita D
  2. Function: Ca & phosphate metabolism
  3. Sources: Sunlight, mushrooms, egg yolk and milk
  4. Deficiency : Rickets and Osteomalacia & xeropthalmia
    * * Pro Hormone
28
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Vitamins unable in heat

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Vita C and Thiamin

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Cyancobalamin

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. What B Vita
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  1. Properties: Contains Co to IF
  2. Function: coenzyme in protein synthesis
  3. Sources: Liver, meat, kidney, dairy, fish and egg
  4. Deficiency: Macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia, pernicious anemia
  5. What B Vita: B12
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Zinc

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Trace mineral, excess leads to Cu and Fe deficiency, helps with WOUND HEALING
  2. Function: increase taste acuity, enhances insulin action, stabilizes DNA, RNA and cell division.
  3. Sources: meat, liver, fish, eggs,
  4. Deficiency: reduced immune function, hair loss and alopecia
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Biotin

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. What B Vita
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  1. Properties: made by intestinal bacteria
  2. Function: fatty acid synthesis
  3. Sources: liver, kidney, yeast
  4. Deficiency: Dermatitis, glossitis (inflammation of the tongue)
  5. What B Vita: b7
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Pantothenic Acid

  1. Function
  2. Sources.
  3. Deficiency
  4. What B Vita
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  1. Function: energy Synthesis of Fatty Acids
  2. Sources: legumes, grains
  3. Deficiency: rare
  4. What B Vita: Vita B5
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Copper

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: attached to protein
  2. Function: hemoglobin synthesis, aids Fe absorption
  3. Sources: Liver, kidney, shellfish
  4. Deficiency: Microcytic anemia, neutropenia, Wilson’s disease, low serum
34
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Vita E

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Least toxic fat-soluble vitamin
  2. Function: antioxidant
  3. Sources: veg oil, almonds, green vegetables
  4. Deficiency: hEmolytic anemia (vita e protects the red blood cell membrane from oxidative damage)
35
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Manganese (can skip)

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Trace mineral
  2. Function: CNS
  3. Sources: Whole grains, legumes, and nuts
  4. Deficiency: Rare
36
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3 stages for Vita D to become active

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  1. Skin + Sun = Cholecalciferol
  2. Cholecalciferol + liver = 25 Calcidiol
  3. Kidney + Calcidiol = 1,25 Calitriol
    * the darker skin the more likely to be deficient
37
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Pt on hemodialysis need which supp?

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B6, B12, Folate, and vita C

38
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Choline “skip”

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
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  1. Properties: Components of lecithin
  2. Function: transport lipids as acetyl choline
  3. Sources: fat in egg, milk, liver, soybeans
39
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Myo-Inositol “skip”

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: In plants as phytic acid, related to sugar contains phosphate
  2. Function: binds calcium, zinc, iron, part of the membrane structure
  3. Sources: leafy green veggies & husks of cereal
  4. Deficiency: N/A
40
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Riboflavin

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. Which B vitamin?
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  1. Properties: Lost in UV
  2. Function: energy release from protein, red cell production
  3. Sources: Liver, kidney, milk, meat
  4. Deficiency: Growth failure, “anything w/ the mouth,” and magenta tongue
  5. B2
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Niacin

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. Which B vitamin?
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  1. Properties: essential in all cells for energy production and metabolism
  2. Function: metabolism of all 3: CHO, PRO, FAT
  3. Sources: chicken, rice, yeast, milk and READY TO EAT cereal
  4. Deficiency: “The D’s”: Dermatitis, Diarrhea, Dementia and Death, Beefy red tongue
  5. Vita B vitamin: B3
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Thiamin

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. which b vitamin?
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  1. Properties: Lost in an alkaline environment and high temp (so is vita C)
  2. Function: Metabolism of pyruvate, CHO oxidase
  3. Sources: Liver, pork, turkey, grains
  4. Deficiency: Wernickle-Korsoakoff, BeriBerri, memory loss, high plasma pyruvate
  5. B1
    * * Alcohol affects B1
    * * NO thiamine= pyruvate builds up and tca cycle will not move forward
43
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Pyridoxine

  1. Function
  2. Sources.
  3. Deficiency
  4. Which B vitamin?
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  1. Function: Amino acid metabolism
  2. Sources: Pork, liver, yeast, corn
  3. Deficiency: Seizure, glossitis, peripheral neuropathy, dermatitis.
  4. Which B vitamin? B6
44
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Long term use of steroids

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Osteoporosis

45
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Vita C deficiency

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Red swollen gums

46
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Vita K

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
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  1. Properties: Synthesized by lower intestinal bacteria
  2. Function: aids blood clotting, forms prothrombin in liver
  3. Sources: spinach, kale, leafy green, brocolli
  4. Deficiency: Hemorrhage, affected by mineral oil, anticoagulant
    * produces collagen
47
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When deficiencies causes petechiae

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Vita C, omega 3, niacin

48
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Folate

  1. Function
  2. Sources.
  3. Deficiency
  4. Which B vitamin?
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  1. Function: DNA synthesis, prevents neural tube defect
  2. Sources: fortified dry cereal, citrus fruits, leafy vegetables, liver, kidney
  3. Deficiency: megaloblastic, macrocytic anemia, diarrhea, fatigue
  4. Which B vitamin: B9
49
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Calcium

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
  4. Deficiency
  5. RDA
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  1. Properties: most abundant mineral
  2. Function: blood clotting, cardiac function, nerve transmission, smooth muscle contractility
  3. Sources: dairy, leafy vegetables and legumes
  4. Deficiency: Tetany w/ hypocalcemia
  5. RDA: 1000-1200 adults and 1300 teenager/pregnant
    * * important for dialysis
50
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Sulfur

  1. Properties
  2. Function
  3. Sources.
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  1. Properties: Part of amino acids, cysteine, homocysteine, and methionine
  2. Function: component of organic molecules
  3. Sources.: meat, fish, egg and poultry
51
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Which deficiencies cause glossitis

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B2, B6, B7, B12

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