Module 6 - Activity 2

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Activity 2: Learning Resources

Read chapter 7 in the Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy textbook.

Review information provided by the Linus Pauling Institute at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins.html

You should be able to identify:
• The fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins
• Main food groups that provide good dietary sources of each
• Primary functions of each
• Toxicity syndromes/symptoms
• Deficiency diseases/symptoms
• Method of absorption (general circulation or lymphatic circulation)

An example for Vitamin D is below:

Vitamin D can come from food (liver, fatty fish, butter, fortified milk) or is synthesized in the skin with the help of ultraviolet radiation. Vitamin D functions as a hormone helping to maintain blood calcium levels.

Vitamin D deficiency presents as rickets in children with bowing of the long bones such as below:

Toxicity: Prolonged hypervitaminosis D can result in calcification of soft tissue

Read chapter 8 in the Williams’ Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy textbook.

Review information provided by the Linus Pauling Institute at: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/minerals.html

You should be able to identify:
• The major and trace minerals
• Main food groups that provide good dietary sources of each
• Primary functions of each
• Toxicity syndromes/symptoms
• Deficiency diseases/symptoms