[Solved] NUR1172 Nutritional Principles Study

Government agencies

CDC, FDA,USDA

Food guides

My Plate
DRI
Healthy People 2010
Food pyramid

Evidence based practice

Identify the problem
Review the evidence
Implement the findings

Function of nutrients

Provide energy
build and repair body tissues and structures
Regulate the metabolic processes that maintain homeostasis

Vitamins

Must be organic dietary substance
Needed in very small quantities to perform metabolic function and prevent deficiency
Cannot be synthesized by body must be provided through food

Water soluble vitamins

Vitamin C
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Niacin
Pantothenic acid
biotin
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
folate
(cannot be stored, easily absorbed)

, Vitamin A Functions

Vision, integrity of body coverings and linings of epithelial tissues, cell division and
differentiation, growth, immunity, and reproductive function

Vitamin A food sources

• Milk
• Cheese
• Egg
• Yolk
• Liver
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Spinach
• Cantaloupe
• Tomato juice
• Apricots

Vitamin A deficiencies/excess

Excess and deficiency of vitamin a: causes impaired vision gastrointestinal disturbances, and
skin abnormalities

Vitamin C functions

• Antioxidant Capacity
• Formation of intercellular cement (helps build and maintain body tissues including bone
matrix, cartilage, dentin, and collagen )
• Support of general body metabolism

Vitamin C deficiencies

Easy bruising
Pinpoint hemorrhages of the skin (petechiae)
Weak bones that fracture easily
Poor wound healing
Bleeding gums
Anemia

Food sources of Vitamin C