LIFESCI 4W03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Multivitamin, Bioavailability, Asthma

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Life Sciences
• Course: LIFESCI 4W03
• Professor: Janet Pritchard

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General guidance: 350 extra kcal per day in trimester 2, 450 extra kcal per day in trimester 3, amounts to 2-3 extra food guide servings. It is easy to get folate in our diet because: grains are fortified with folate due to its action in reducing neural tube defects, and some pregnant women will take folate supplements. Folate 600 g/day: cup of eda(cid:373)a(cid:373)e = (cid:1006)(cid:1009)(cid:1004) g, cup of spi(cid:374)ach = (cid:1005)(cid:1010)(cid:1004) g, cup of cooked le(cid:374)tils = (cid:1006)(cid:1010)(cid:1009) g. Iron 27 mg/day: cup of edamame = 2 mg, cup of spinach = 3-4 mg, 2. 5 oz of steak = 2 mg, cup of brans = 6 mg. Zinc 11mg/day: 1. 5 oz of cheese = 2 mg, 30g of brown rice = 2. 4 mg, cup of edamame = 3-4 mg, 2. 5 oz of beef = 4-8 mg. Non-heme iron comes from other sources (plants) and also from fortified products like cereals and oats.