FDNS 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Folic Acid, Health Promotion, Vitamin A
20 Sep 2016
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What it is made out of, foods it"s in, what it does in the body, effective and what athletes. Antioxidant functions (prevents oxidation or effects of free radicals damage and kill cells in tour body) Help the enzyme go from substrate to product. Free radicals are produced during normal metabolic processes and are involved in normal cell functioning, but may be produced in excess under certain circumstances and be damaging to cellular constituents. Attack cells, kill and damage things with double bonds (dna, cell membranes) so antioxidants prevent damage from happening. Cannot be synthesized in the body in sufficient quantity. Alleviates deficiency symptoms when added back into the diet. Some substances, such as coq10, have been attributed with vitamin-like activity, but are not essential vitamins. Water-soluble vitamins: thiamin riboflavin niacin vitamin b6 vitamin b12 folate biotin . Fat-soluble vitamins: vitamin a vitamin d vitamin e vitamin k. Rda for some vitamins now being considered for health promotion.
