HSS 2342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Iodised Salt, Pyruvate Carboxylase, Thyroid

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2342
• Professor: Keir J Menzies

Document Summary

Lecture 11 chapter 10 nutrients for energy metabolism. Oxidized form is sulphate: found in foods and beverages. Amino acids methionine and cysteine: found in dietary proteins, stabilize protein structure. Content high in hair, skin, and nails (creates rigid proteins) Iodide is the form found in the body: regulate body temperature, regulate metabolic rate. Control rate at which cells use oxygen. Led to iodized salt in canada (however, a recent study showed a mild iodine deficiency in 29% of the. Goiter: the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)goiter(cid:863) si(cid:373)ply refers to the a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al enlargement of the thyroid gland. Affects 200 million people worldwide due to iodine deficiency. Cretenism: cretinism is a condition arising from the deficiency of thyroid hormone, which causes dwarfism and mental retardation. Toxicity: enlargement of thyroid gland, development of goitre in fetus = death (again prenatal supplements are important, ul has been set. Food sources: ocean foods (e. g. , seafood, soil. Found in bones and metabolically active tissues (i. e. , the liver)