HORT 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Osteoporosis, Collagen, Hemoglobin
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Enrichment- addition of vitamins and or minerals to a food when the respective micronutrients were lost during processing. Forti cation - deliberately adding vitamins and or minerals to a food, despite whether or not the nutrients were originally in the food prior to processing - adding something in that wasn"t there originally. Water soluble vitamins - found in watery compartment of food, freely circulate in water lled compartments of body. You need thiamin in the body for energy in your metabolism and for nerve functions the de ciency could lead too enlarged heart, confusion, irritability, and muscular weakness. Ribo avin comes from leafy green vegetables and some meat, we need it for the energy metabolism and de ciency can be cracks at corners of the mouth and in ammation of tongue. Niacin majors function are energy production, normal enzyme function, digestion, normal appetite, healthy skin, dna reproduction. Some de ciencies could be pellagra, cramps, nausea, mental confusion, skin problems.
