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Be able to discuss the common occurrence of deficiency leading to vitamin discoveries and provide at least one example)
- -usually occurred when the population affected did not have a varied diet
- *no vitamin c food in boat, no thiamine foods other than rice
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Be able to discuss the common occurrence of deficiency leading to vitamin discoveries and provide at least one example) (2)
- -populations living with unfortified white rice as their main stale displayed signs of edema, tachycardia, muscle weakness, anorexia, & enlarged heart
- *beriberi
-they found that beriberi could be cured by a subnstance extracted from rice polishing
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Be able to discuss the general differences between water-soluble vitamins and fat soluble vitamins and how the body handles them) (3)
-absorbed into portal blood
-not retained for long periods
-excreted in urine when plasma levels exceed renal thresholds
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Be able to discuss the general differences between water-soluble vitamins and fat soluble vitamins and how the body handles them) (3)
-absorbed in lymph
-stores in adipose tissue
-excreted through feces if not absorbed
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How are water soluble vitamins absorbed, in general, into the enterocytes in conditionswhen they a re abundant versus donations when they are sparse)
Most tend to be absorbed by passive diffusion when consumed in large amounts
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How are water soluble vitamins absorbed, in general, into the enterocytes in donations when they a re abundant versus donations when they are sparse)
Absorbed by facultative diffusion or active transport when amounts are sparse
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In general, how are water soluble vitamins usually excreted?
Excreted in the urine b/c they are not stored in the body
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