Vitamins: Essential Nutrients for Health

Starting Solid Foods and Vitamins

Phase III: Introducing Solid Foods

Introduce foods like yogurt, toast, boiled potatoes, pasta, soup, ham, boiled apple or pear, quince, and boiled carrots.

Phase IV: Transitioning to a Regular Diet

Continue with an easily digestible diet, including:

  • Soft broth soup with pasta
  • Boiled ham (lean)
  • Boiled potatoes
  • Boiled apple or quince

As tolerance improves, gradually add:

  • Veal steak
  • Chicken
  • Grilled white fish
  • Bananas and pears
  • Mashed vegetables

Avoid cow’s milk until full recovery.

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Understanding Nutrients: Carbs, Fats, Proteins

Complex Carbohydrates (Polysaccharides)

Large macromolecules made up of many monosaccharides. They are not sweet.

  • Glycogen: Found in animals, stored in the liver.
  • Starch: Found in plants, stored in leaves, roots, and tubers.
  • Cellulose: “Dietary Fiber” in plants, providing structural function.
  • Chitin: Forms the exoskeleton of invertebrates.

When broken down during digestion, glycogen and starch provide a steady and long-term supply of energy to the cell as simple sugars.

Simple Sugars

  • Are quickly metabolized
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Understanding Diets: Beverly Hills, Mayo Clinic, and Renal Impairment

Understanding Popular Diets and Renal Health

Beverly Hills Diet

The Beverly Hills Diet derives only 6% of its energy from protein and lacks essential vitamins like B12. It’s based on a sequential intake of fruit, some bread, salad, and very little meat. It is not a recommended diet.

Mayo Clinic Diet

The Mayo Clinic Diet involves a two-week plan that avoids dairy products, meat, and protein sources other than eggs. It provides approximately 1200 kcal/day. This diet can lead to protein deficiency and

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Food Composition and Digestion: Nutrients and Enzymes

What is Food? What Substances is it Composed of?

Food processing involves natural products, which provide substances that our cells need to live.

Organic Constituents of Food: Types and Characteristics

Carbohydrates (2 types):

  • Simple: Small molecules with a sweet taste, like maltose, formed by two glucose molecules.
  • Complex: Very large molecules, like starch and cellulose. Cellulose contains a lot of fiber, which cannot be digested by humans but is very beneficial for intestinal function.

Lipids:

There

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Selenium, Choline, Vitamins, Minerals, and Proteins in Animal Nutrition

Vitamin E and Selenium in Animal Nutrition

Vitamin E:

  • Inhibits accumulation of damaging free radicals (Vitamin A, Beta-carotene, and Vitamin C are also antioxidants).
  • Enhances the body’s immune response (defense against cancer).
  • Protects Vitamin A and spares Selenium (Se).
  • Inhibits conversion of nitrites (present in smoked, pickled, and cured food) to nitrosamines (strong tumor promoters) in the stomach.

Selenium (Se):

Types of Toxicity:

  1. Blind staggers type (with as low as 2-5 ppm): Wandering aimlessly,
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Nutrition and Athletic Performance

Nutrition for Athletes

Macronutrients

Lipids

Lipids are stored as triglycerides in adipose and muscle tissues.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Omega-3 fatty acids are polyunsaturated lipids found in fish. They stimulate growth hormone, improve blood flow, and have anti-inflammatory effects.

L-Carnitine

L-carnitine helps transport fatty acids into the mitochondria, increasing their blood levels.

Caffeine

Caffeine can improve performance in resistance exercises, potentially by increasing adrenaline levels and affecting

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