1. What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins in deficiency and toxicity levels? How do deficiencies and toxicities occur for each
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1. What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins in deficiency and toxicity levels? How do deficiencies and toxicities occur for each? 2. Tonya is 5' 3" tall, weighs 151 pounds, and is 38 years old. Her waist circumference is 37". Her life is busy but sedentary. She simply does not have the time or energy to stay with an exercise program after working all day as a receptionists and caring for her two socially active children. She would like to lose about 20 pounds but knows dieting doesn’t work for her—all the diets she has tried in the past have left her hungry and feeling deprived. Losing weight has taken on greater importance since her doctor told her that both her blood pressure and glucose levels are at “borderline” high levels.
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3. Bill is a 45-year-old bachelor who eats a grab-and-go breakfast, eats all of his lunches out, and has takeout or “something easy” for dinner. Bill’s doctor is concerned that his blood pressure is progressively rising with every office visit and has advised him to cut out the salt to lower his sodium intake. Bill rarely uses salt from a salt shaker and is unsure what else he can do to lower his sodium intake.
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FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS |
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS |
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DEFICIENCY |
TOXICITY |
DEFICIENCY |
TOXICITY |
Vitamin A: Night blindness Xerophthalmia |
Hypervitaminosis Risk of birth defects |
Vitamin B1(thiamine): Beri beri Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome Vitamin B2(riboflavin): Ariboflavinosis Vitamin B3(niacin): Pellagra Vitamin B5(pantothenic acid): Sleep disturbances Digestive problems Vitamin B6: Increased risk of cancer Convulsions Vitamin B7(biotin): Seizures Intellectual disability Vitamin B9(folate): Neural tube defects Vitamin B12(cobalamin): Dementia |
No toxicity established No known symptoms Niacin flush Digestive discomfort and diarrhea Sensory nerve damage Skin lesions No symptoms found Neurological damage No symptoms found |
Vitamin D: Osteomalacia Rickets |
Hypercalcemia |
Vitamin C: Scurvy |
Kidney stone |
Vitamin E: Neurological problems |
Excessive bleeding Oxidative stress |
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Vitamin K: Excessive bleeding |
No symptoms identified |
1. What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins in deficiency and toxicity levels? How...
Tonya is 5' 3" tall, weighs 151 pounds, and is 38 years old. Her waist circumference is 37". Her life is busy but sedentary. She simply does not have the time or energy to stay with an exercise program after working all day as a receptionists and caring for her two socially active children. She would like to lose about 20 pounds but knows dieting doesn’t work for her—all the diets she has tried in the past have left her...
Bill is a 45-year-old bachelor who eats a grab-and-go breakfast, eats all of his lunches out, and has takeout or “something easy” for dinner. Bill’s doctor is concerned that his blood pressure is progressively rising with every office visit and has advised him to cut out the salt to lower his sodium intake. Bill rarely uses salt from a salt shaker and is unsure what else he can do to lower his sodium intake. 1) What foods did Bill eat...
What is the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins in deficiency and toxicity levels? How do deficiencies and toxicities occur for each?
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Tonya Tonya is 5' 3" tall, weighs 151 pounds, and is 38 years old. Her waist circumference is 37". Her life is busy but sedentary. She simply does not have the time or energy to stay with an exercise program after working all day as a receptionists and caring for her two socially active children. She would like to lose about 20 pounds but knows dieting doesn't work for her-all the diets she has tried in the past have left...
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