HHP 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Diarrhea, Kidney Stone Disease, Yogurt

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Health and Human Physiology
• Course: HHP 2310
• Professor: Mellen

Document Summary

Vitamin b6, function, amino acid synthesis, hemoglobin synthesis, regulation of blood glucose, assists in releasing stored glucose from glycogen, food sources, meats, fish, poultry, potatoes, bananas, deficiency, general symptoms, weakness. Insomnia: weakened immune response, doesn"t need to really remember, toxicity. Stored in muscle: unlikely to be toxic in food. Supplements cause toxicity: can cause reversible neuropathies in feet, hands, and mouth, vitamin b12, function, enables folate to get into cells, helps maintain sheath around nerve cells, absorption depends on intrinsic factor, food sources. Found almost exclusively in animal products: eggs, milk, cheese, meats. Fortified products recommended for vegans: deficiency, results from poor absorption not poor intake, anemia (pernicious, paralysis of nerves and muscles, damages myelin sheath, toxicity, no reported symptoms. Impaired cell division: ntd apparent at birth, toxicity, high folate can mask b12 deficiency causing the nerve damage of b12 deficiency to continue, ul for synthetic forms only.