NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Flour, Food Fortification, B Vitamins
11 Jan 2017
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Vitamins: organic molecules our body needs in order to function: organic: contain carbon. Minerals: inorganic molecules (from periodic table) out body needs in order to function. Don"t pro(cid:448)ide us (cid:449)ith energy: antioxidants, control nerve and muscle action, make and maintain tissues like bones and blood, regulate energy metabolism. Organic molecules that we need to eat for our bodies to function well. Water-soluble: b vitamins, vitamin c, some absorption in the stomach, transported into intestinal cells using facilitated diffusion or active transport, transported in the body bound to blood proteins, excreted in urine. All involved with enzyme activity: burning carbohydrate, fat, and protein, act as co-enzymes for energy metabolism. B1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6, b7, b9, b12. Where we find them: not just in supplements, grains (b1, b2, b3, b6, vegetables and fruit (b2, b6, folate, milk (b2, b12, meats (b1, b2, b3, b12, folate)
