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Neural Tube Defects
http://www.sbaa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_sb
Pellagra
http://www.sbaa.org/folicacidtutorial/downloads/faqs.pdf
www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1755.htm
www.history.nih.gov/exhibits/Goldberger/docs/pellegra_5.htm
Beriberi
www.emedicine.com/med/topic221.htm
www.nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/vitamin_b1/eijkman.html
Scurvy
www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2073.htm
Pernicious anemia
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/prnanmia/prnanmia_what.html
www.emedicine.com/med/topic1799.htm
Water-Soluble Vitamins
www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins.html
www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/vitamins111907.html
www.dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/Health_Information/Vitamin_and_Mineral_Supplement_Fact_Sheets.aspx.
Macular Degeneration and Cataracts
www.nei.nih.gov
Vitamin Analysis (30 points)
Instructions:
 | Use your NUTRITIONCalc Reports to complete the
following worksheet. |
| Your responses must be put inside any
charts shown. |
| The questions and answers must be
provided. |
| Minus 10 points for not following
instructions. |
1) From your 'Bar Graph Report', fill
in the following columns:
a) record your actual intake (Value) for each vitamin;
b) record the recommended (DRI Goal) amount for each vitamin;
c) record the % of RDA/DRI actually eaten;
d) was what you ate more than (+), less than,(-), or
equal (=) to your DRI?
e) If your actual intake was less than what you needed, list 2 specific foods you would
include in your diet
to improve your intake.
f) Do not list a food more than twice in this table. (11 pts.)
| Vitamin |
Recommended Amount
(DRI Goal) |
Actual Intake
(Value) |
% Goal |
+, -, = |
Food 1 |
Food 2 |
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2) Look at your 'Spreadsheet
Reports' for Days' 1, 2, and 3.
a) In the chart below, list the foods and serving sizes that contributed
the most vitamin C,
vitamin A, and
folate/folic acid.
b) Write the quantity (mg or mcg) of
vitamin each food provided.
c) Do not list a food more than once for any one
vitamin. (9 pts)
Vitamin C
Food
milligrams (mg) |
Vitamin A
Food
RE (mcg) |
Folate
Food
Microgram (mcg) |
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3. a) What is your assessment of your
overall vitamin intake? Explain.
b) Which vitamins did you consume that were less than
50% of your goal?
What is keeping you from
consuming more of these vitamins? Explain.
c) Did you notice a pattern of over-consumption
of any of the vitamins? Explain and
give examples. (6 pts.)
Food composition data is often lacking for vitamin K,
but you can guess at the
adequacy of your intake.
5. For vitamin K, answer the following questions:
a) Does your diet include 2 cups of milk or
the equivalent in milk
products every day? ___Yes
___No
b) Does it include leafy vegetables frequently (every
other day)? ___Yes ___No
c) Do you take antibiotics regularly (which inhibit the
production of vitamin K by your
intestinal bacteria)?
___Yes ___No
d) Based upon your responses to 5.a-c, do you suppose your vitamin K intake is
adequate? Explain. (2 pts.)
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