Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Spina Bifida, Barbiturate, Axon

• School: Western University
• Department: Foods and Nutrition
• Course: Foods and Nutrition 1021
• Professor: Jennifer Broxterman

Document Summary

Food and nutrition chapter 7b o o o o o o o o o o o o o. Rda 75 mg/day (females); 90 mg/day (males) Dissolve in water; cooking & washing with water can leach them out of foods. Easily absorbed into the bloodstream & excesses excreted in the urine. +35mg/day for smokers (smoking introduces oxidants: max. plasma levels reached with 60-100 mg/day, then urine levels rise sharply. Canadians consume ~ 100 mg/day: acts as a pro-oxidant. Citrus fruits, oj, strawberries, red & green bell peppers, broccoli, bokchoy, sweet potato. 300 mg of vitamin c in a day: Stalk of broccoli and a potato for dinner. Protects and recycles vitamin e to its active form: boosts non-heme iron absorption (plant sources of iron) Collagen forms scar tissue, offers structure to mend fractures, supporting material for capillaries (prevents bruises: vitamin c acts as a co-factor in producing carnitine, which is important for transporting fatty acids within cells.