Question

Barb is a busy single mother. She works as a nurses' aide and is training to be a registered nurse so she can get a better job. During the week she gets her son to school and then goes to school herself. She works second shift (3:00 PM to 11:30 PM) and gets home around midnight. Her parents live close by and are able to pick up her son from school, take care of him during the evening, feed him dinner, and get him to bed. She does not have time to think about what to eat during the week. She eats breakfast cereal for breakfast and dinner and usually eats fast food for lunch. On the weekends she tries to prepare meals for herself and her son. How could Barb get more vitamins from food during the week? Extra for your own review: use the table below when reviewing vitamins Functions Deficiency Disease Toxicity Symptoms Food Sources Vitamin A (retinol) Vitamin D (calciferol) Vitamin E (tocopherol) Vitamin Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Thiamin (vitamin B1 Riboflavin (vitamin B2) Niacin (vitamin 83) Vitamin 86 (pyridoxine) Folate Cobalamin (vitamin B12) Pantothenic acid Biotin Choline Chapter 8- Minerals Chapter 8 Short Answer Questions 1. Are major minerals more important than trace minerals? List the 7 major minerals. 2. What 3 factors influence how much of a mineral is absorbed into the body system. 3. Explain target tissue uptake. 4. Describe the 2 basic forms that body minerals are found. 5. ldentify 3 life cycle needs and 2 dinical needs when extra minerals may be needed

Answer 1

Vitamins	Functions	Deficiency	Toxicity	Food sources.
Vitamin A	Vision	Night blindness	Nausea, vomiting, Vertigo.	Papaya, carrot, orange.
Vitamin D	Bone and teeth.	Rickets and osteomalacia.	Osteoporosis.	Milk and milk products.
Vitamin E	Anti oxidants, skin, hair, fertility.	Dry skin, anemia and hair loss.	Headache, tiredness and double vision.	Nuts and oil seeds.
Vitamin K	Blood clotting.	Bleeding tendencies.	Nausea, vomiting, hyper coagulation.	Liver, meat.
Vitamin C	Control gum bleeding.	Scurvy.	Kidney and gallery bladder stones.	Lemon, orange.
Vitamin B1	Protect skin and mucus membrane	Beri beri.	Protect skin and mucus membrane.	Bread, egg, cereal.
Vitamin B2	metabolism.	Glossitis, chelosis.	skin, hair.	Cereal, nuts, milk and egg.
Vitamin B3	Energy production and muscle tone.	Dermatitis, Dementia, Diarrhiea.	Excess sweating, blurred vision.	Avicad, broccoli, dates, spinach, pumpkin.
Vitamin B6	Healthy skin, eyes tongue.	Depression, cardiac problems.	Depression, fatigue and headache.	Bread, sun flower seeds, banana.
Vitamin B12	Methionine synthesis.	Anemia	allergic reaction	Egg, meat, poultry.
Folate	Neural tube development.	Neural tube defect.	Nausea, vomiting.	Fresh fruits and vegetables.
Pantathenic acid	Kreb cycle- Aerobic energy production.	Anergia.	Dry skin , tiredness.	Egg, califlower, corn etc
Biotin	Co enzyme of carboxylase enzyme.	Defect in metabolism.	Nausea, vomiting.	Tomato, carrot, cashews.
Choline.	Precursor of neurotransmitters.	Defect in neurotransmitters.	Defect in confusion.	Egg, meat and sea foods.