NTDT200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Autoimmune Disease, Hiv, Saturated Fat

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Nutrition and Dietetics
• Course: NTDT200
• Professor: Fang, Cheng- Shun

Document Summary

Hiv wasting syndrome losing weight, low in energy (get patients to eat more) Top 3 leading causes of death heart disease, cancer, stroke. Type 1 diabetes normal cell response to insulin, relatively severe, insulin dependent diabetes. Type 2 diabetes resistant cell response to insulin, relatively moderate, non insulin dependent diabetes. Factors that increase risk of type 2 diabetes : aging, inactivity, obesity (not smoking) Difference b/w type 1 and type 2 diabetes : type 1 can"t be prevented, type 2 is more common, type 1 means pancreas is unable to synthesize insulin while type 2 means cells are resistant to insulin. Type 1 development autoimmune disorder, might be lack of vitamin d. Type 2 development overweight, not caused by sugar. Cancer development tumor forms & releases cancerous or benign cells into bloodstream: reasons for cancer development genetic factors, immune factors, environmental factors (initiators, promoters and promoters) Dietary initiators alcohol, heavily smoked foods.