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    Vitamins & Minerals

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    Vitamins

    Vitamin A

    Preformed Vitamin A = Retinol

    Vitamin A precursors =

    Beta-Carotene

    Not absorbed as well and arent completely conerted toVit A

    Retinol Actiity !"uialents #RA!s$

    %sed to epress t'e amount of usable Vitamin A in foods

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    Vitamins

    Vitamin (

    Body can ma)e Vitamin (

    Metabolism and absorption of calcium andp'osp'orus

    *or)s wit' Parat'yroid +ormone #P,+$ to sinalbones to release calcium and stimulate )idneys toincrease Vit ( production

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    Vitamins

    Vitamin (

    Ric)ets #c'ildren$

    .steomalacia #adults$

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    Vitamins

    Niacin

    !pressed as Niacin !"uialents #N!s$ because t'ebody can synt'esi/e from ,ryptop'an if aailable inample amounts

    Pellara

    !arly symptoms0 fatiue1 decreased appetite1indiestion

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    Vitamins

    2olate

    3ynt'etic form #folic acid$ more easily absorbedt'an natural form

    Macrocytic4Mealoblastic anemia

    Relations'ip wit' B56

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    FolateNeural Tube Defects

    Nutrient needsincrease during

    pregnancy Neural tube develops

    into brain and spinalcord

    Weak muscles of thelower body, brainmalformation, death

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    Vitamins

    Vitamin B56

    7ntrinsic 2actor #72$

    (e8ciency #nere damae and macrocytic anemia$ (e8ciency preents folate from bein conerted to actie

    form (eeneration of myelin also occurs leadin to numbness1

    tinlin1 and eentually paralysis4deat'

    +i' 'omocysteine leels lead to CV( ris)

    Pernicious anemia

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    Vitamins

    Vitamin C

    Absorption decreases and consumed in ecess

    No researc' t'at proes it preents t'e commoncold

    3cury

    3wollen ums1 loosenin teet'1 s)in spottin1 poorwound 'ealin

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    Minerals

    Calcium #Ca$

    Most plentiful mineral in t'e body

    +ormones to maintain calcium 'omeostasis

    2allin blood calcium leels0

    +i' blood calcium leels0

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    Minerals

    Calcium #Ca$

    .steoporosis 9 low bone mass and reduced bonestructure

    Ris) factors0

    Post-menopausal women 9

    *ei't-bearin eercise

    +ypercalcemia 9

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    Minerals

    3odium #Na$

    +ypertension 9 persistent eleated blood pressure

    :3ilent ;iller