Identify the North Americans most at risk for fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies.
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Identify the North Americans most at risk for fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies. Define and explain the term coenzyme Which vitamins can be synthesized in the body, and how are they synthesized? Explain why individual B-Vitamin deficiencies are rare in North America. Which B-Vitamins are added to cereal grains as part of the enrichment program? Homocysteine is of some health concern today. Why? Define Upper Level and explain why certain vitamins have this designation. Draw a map of the energy transformation pathways in the cell and identify the biochemical reactions where B-Vitamins participate in energy metabolism. Name the vitamins that have been used as pharmacologic agents, and identify the medical conditions for which they are used as therapy. What is pellagra? What vitamin deficiency is it related to? Why is it no longer a common cause of death? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Identify which major food groups the various B-Vitamins and vitamin Care most likely found 11. Suppose you read in the newspaper or hear on TV news that a "New" vitamin has been discovered. What criteria will have to be met in order for this substance to be a true vitamin? 12. Approximately how much water does a person need each day to stay healthy? Identify at least two situations that increase the need for water. Then list three soured of water in the averages persons diet. 13. Why are most minerals present in higher concentrations in animal foods than in plant foods? 14. How is water eliminated from the body? What physiological forces regulate this output? 15. What is the main physiological difference between teeth and bones? 16. What is the relationship between sodium and water balance, and how is that relationship monitored as well as maintained in the body? individual roles of these minerals in this system? abundant minerals, respectively. Name two ways in which phosphorous and calcium are alike 17. Within what physiological system do sodium, potassium, and calcium interact? What are the 18. In terms of total amounts in the body, calcium and phosphorous are the first and second most and two ways in which they differExplanation / Answer
1.Iron deficiency results in anaemia. vitamin D deficiency causes bone pain and muscle weakness and also rickets. and also vitamin A and Vitamin E deficiency affects immunity.
2.A coenzyme is an organic non-protein compound that binds with an enzyme to catalyze a reaction.It is a substance that enhances the action of an enzyme.coenzymes can be be reused and recycled without changing reaction rate.
3.Vitamin B3 and D can be synthesised in the body.vitamin D-in skin due to exposure to sun light; vitamin B3(niacin) -it is formed in the body from tryptophan.which has to be be obtained in diet.
4.vit B deficiency is rare in North america because of their diet .their diet include soya products,fish ,meat and dairy products etc.whch are rich in vitaminB. B1(thiamin),B3(niacin),B2(riboflavin) are added to cereal grains as part of enrichment program.
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