What herbs/supplements does vitamin C interact with and WHY? How could you change someone's diet to reduce the likelihood of these reactions? PUT INTO OWN WORDS AND BE THOROUGH.
What herbs/supplements does vitamin C interact with and WHY? How could you change someone's diet to...
How does dietary vitamin C interact with iron in the gut?
Jack is very health conscious and takes an antioxidant vitamin supplement daily because he’s heard that these vitamins reduce risk for chronic disease. His girlfriend, Jill, thinks that any supplements are unnecessary if one has a healthy, balanced diet. They bring their questions on what exactly antioxidants do, how they reduce risk for disease and the best sources to you, a nutritional health professional.Question 2: Define for Jack and Jill what the terms “free radical” and “antioxidant” mean and explain...
Case Study: Karen's Vitamin Supplements Karen is a smoker, works on a computer desk indoors 10 hours a day, has mild anemia, and got sick a lot this year so she took too much antibioties! She is getting married this year and wants to start having children as soon as next year. She decides she is going to start taking vitamins so she will be really healthy. She is especially interested in purchasing vitamin A supplements so that her baby...
Study Questions • What is another name of vitamin C? • Why is vitamin C important? • Why do we need to consume foods that contain vitamin C? • What foods contain significant amounts of vitamin C? • How does starch function as an indicator in this experiment? • What is RDA? • What RDA values are used on food product labels • How are you standardizing the iodine solution? • What is the starting material for commercial production of...
Explain why Vitamin D is important to absorb calcium (Chief function)? What are the Vitamin D deficiency related conditions? List and explain 5 reasons that could cause you would have less vitamin D. What are the calcium related conditions? Name 5 foods that are known to calcium. Explain why iron is important to the body (Chief function)? What are the iron deficiency related conditions? Name and describe 3 different types of anemias. Explain what is heme. Explain how vitamin C...
1. How does climate change inspire people to migrate and what is the impact of this migration? 2. From now until 2050, the human population is expected to grow bigger, more slowly, older, and more urban. Of these four factors, which do you think will have the biggest effect on the climate or environment? 3. In the U.S., more and more people are living alone in their own homes and buying their own cars instead of living with family or...
1. How do you feel about your overall nutrition and physical activity levels based on what you have recorded over the past week? What have you learned from tracking your diet and physical activity levels? 2. Comment on your carbohydrate, fat, and protein intake. How does your carbohydrate, fat and protein intake compare to the recommended daily amounts? What are the long-term potential consequences or benefits to this type of dietary intake? What adjustments to your diet could be made...
Lucy, a 55-year old female has just been diagnosed with Osteoporosis. What is Osteoporosis? What key nutrients would you recommend that Lucy consume in her diet? Why would you recommend these nutrients? What are some food choices that would be “good” sources of these nutrients? Are there other factors besides diet that play a role in Osteoporosis? Your uncle Herbert has just returned from his primary healthcare provider with a diagnosis of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. He knows that you...
(1) In regards to diet, what are a few things that you know could raise an individual's blood pressure? (2) What are some lifestyle changes that you know of that would aid in the reduction of blood pressure? (3) Do you have a family history of high BP (hypertension)? If so, have you considered any lifestyle changes to mitigate this factor? IF you don't know or don't have a family history, what would be the risk of not knowing if...
How many milligrams of vitamin E is she getting from her supplement daily? How does this compare to the RDA for age and gender? What nutrients or supplements are of concern to Julia? (Think: Coumadin) Case Study: Julia Roberts Julia Roberts, a 66 year-old female has scheduled an appointment to meet with you and find out how the quality of her diet is. She also wants to know how to improve her habits and make more items at home instead of eating...