[Solved] NUR1172 Test two Study Guide Fall

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Nutrition Test Two Overview
Chapter 1:

 Government agencies
o USDA
o CDC
o FDA
 Guides:
o MyPlate
o 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
o DRI
o Healthy People 2020
o MyPyramid
 Evidence based practice (EBP)
o Using current research and published findings to make appropriate decisions.
o EBP Steps:




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 Nutrients have three general functions, as follows:




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o To provide energy
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o To build and repair body tissues and structures
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o To regulate the metabolic processes that maintains homeostasis.

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 What are vitamins?
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o It must be an organic dietary substance that is not energy producing, as are
carbohydrate, fat, and protein.
o It is needed in very small quantities to perform a particular metabolic function and
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prevent an identified deficiency disease.
o It cannot be synthesized by the body, so it must be supplied in food.
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 Problems caused by deficiencies
 Problems caused by excess
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 Water–soluble vitamins:
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- Easily absorbed and transported
o Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
 Food sources:
 Deficiencies:
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 Function in the body:
 Excess:
o Thiamin
 Food sources:
 Deficiencies:


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Nutrition Test Two Overview
 Function in the body:
 Excess:

o Riboflavin
 Food sources:
 Deficiencies:
 Function in the body:
 Excess:

o Niacin
 Food sources:
 Deficiencies:
 Function in the body:
 Excess:




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o Pantothenic acid
 Food sources:




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 Deficiencies:
 Function in the body:




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 Excess:
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o Biotin
 Food sources:
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 Deficiencies:
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 Function in the body:
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 Excess:

o Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
 Food sources:
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 Deficiencies:
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 Function in the body:
 Excess:
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o Folate
 Food sources:
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 Deficiencies:
 Function in the body:
 Excess:
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o Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)
 Food sources:
 Deficiencies:
 Function in the body:



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