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PHYSIOLOGY L1-Nutrients - Coggle Diagram
PHYSIOLOGY L1-Nutrients
Nutrients:
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Macronutrients,vitamins,minerals,H2O,Phytonutrients
found in food>growth,repair
Nutrient Essentiality
Criteria-Essential:
Low intake>deficiencies,death
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Essential,conditional,non-essential
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Micronutrient def:Vit A (blindness),VitD(rickets),goiter(Iodine),scurvy(Vit C)
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Conditionally
Examples:1. Infant unable to synthesize Cysteine,tyrosine,EPA,DPA , 2.Very ill px>unable to synthesize Glutamine, 3.poor carnitine synthesis, 4.Vit D>inadequate due to limited sunlight exposure
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Non-essential>made by body , Examples:Alcohol,food addiictives,non-essential AA, specific carbs/fat