HUMNNTR 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dietary Fiber, Basal Metabolic Rate, Durum
22 Aug 2016
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Hydrogen peroxide itself is not a free radical but can very easily form them: same stuff that bleaches hair, in body forms free radicals. Food sources of selenium: meats, fish, whole grains, pasta, brazil nuts are extremely high, amount present depends on what the food is made of. Pasta: durum wheat which is grown in the dakotas (so higher in selenium) Dakotas: high selenium soil: the amount that ends up in the plants is proportional to what is in the soil (like iodine) Like magnesium, hooks atp to certain enzymes but not near as many. Includes enzymes that make structural carbohydrate in bone. Also inside a few enzymes- mitochondria superoxide diotate (sod) Food sources: found in whole grains and tea. Don"t know if it is well absorbed from these sources: little known about needs and absorption from foods; no rda. Iodine (element) / iodide (form of element found in body & food)
