Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Toothpaste, Kidney Stone Disease, Molybdenum

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

Document Summary

Plays a major role in maintaining fluid & electrolyte balance & cell integrity. Involved in nerve impulse transmission and contraction of (heart) muscles. Whole fresh foods; oj, banana, lima beans, salmon, baked potato, avocado, honeydew melon, Dehydration leads to k loss inside cells, muscular weakness, hypertension, glucose tolerance impaired, metabolic acidity, ca losses, kidney stones. Muscular weakness, vomiting, stops heart if given through a vein, overdose by mouth not fatal (excess k in stomach triggers a vomiting reflex to get rid of it) In its elemental form, chlorine forms a deadly gas; if dissolved in fluid, used as a disinfectant. Special role as part of hcl (to maintain strong acidity in stomach for protein digestion) Helps to maintain acid-base balance, fluid & electrolyte balance. Salt (added, naturally-occurring); large amounts in processed foods. Harmless (poison, but evaporates from water), vomiting. Not used by itself as a nutrient; no dri.