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9 CHAPTER 137 Vitamins and Minerals Growing up, you may have been told it is important to eat a well-balanced meal so that you g ...
However, larger amounts of vitamins should be taken if the patient is pregnant, undergoing rapid growth or has a debilitating il ...
Meat and beans.Low-fat and lean meats and poultry. Bake it, broil it, grill it. More fish, beans, peas, nuts and seeds (purple) ...
TYPES OF VITAMINS There are two groups of vitamins. These are fat-soluble vitamins and water- soluble vitamins. Fat-soluble vita ...
CHAPTER 9 Vitamins and Minerals^141 Dose for treatment of deficiency 100,000–500,000 IU daily ×3 d; then 50,000 IU ×14 day Maint ...
(^142) CHAPTER 9 Vitamins and Minerals Dose for treatment Malabsorption: 30–100 mg/day of deficiency Severe deficit: 1–2 mg/kg/d ...
Vitamin K Vitamin K comes from dietary sources such as leafy green vegetables, liver, cheese, and egg yolk and is synthesized by ...
Vitamin C Vitamin C may be found in citrus fruits, tomatoes, leafy green vegetables, and potatoes and used to metabolize carbohy ...
Vitamin B Complex Vitamin B complex consists of four vitamins. These are B 1 (thiamine), B 2 (riboflavin), B 3 (niacin), and B 6 ...
(^146) CHAPTER 9 Vitamins and Minerals Deficiency conditions Thiamine:sensory disturbances, retarded growth, fatigue, anorexia R ...
and a small amount in urine. Chronic alcoholism, poor nutrition, pregnancy, and diseases that disrupts absorption by the small i ...
the transcobalamin II protein and is then transferred to tissues. Vitamin B 12 is stored in the liver for up to three years duri ...
cause of the deficiency. If so, then the nurse should educate the patient on the importance of maintaining a balanced diet. In m ...
Alert the patient to the signs and symptoms of hypervitaminosis.Hyper- vitaminosis A causes nausea, vomiting, headache, loss of ...
Pregnant women require an increased an amount of iron, but they need to avoid a megadose in the first trimester because it might ...
Zinc Zinc stimulates the activity of over 100 enzymes for important functions in the body which includes production of insulin a ...
greater than 200 μ g, selenium has a possible anticarcinogenic (anti-cancer) effect and may reduce the risk of lung, prostate, a ...
Summary Vitamins and minerals are required for the body to function properly. Each day we need to eat a balanced diet that suppl ...
What vitamin protects the heart and arteries and cellular components from being oxidized? (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin E (c) Vitam ...
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