Nutrient Excesses and Deficiencies

NUTRIENT EXCESSES AND DEFICIENCIES Foods I Spring 2009 Objective 2.01

Kwashiorkor or Protein Energy Malnutrition

Protein malnutrition Sources: Meats, eggs, fish

Night Blindness Deficiency-Vitamin A Sources-Red-orange food, egg yolks,

liver and dairy

Rickets Deficiency: Vitamin D Misshaped breastbones and legs Sources: Fortified Milk, sunshine

Scurvy Deficiency: Vitamin C Symptoms: Sores on skin, mucous

membranes, untreated-fatal Sources: Citrus fruits

Beriberi Deficiency: Thiamin B1 Numbness in ankles and legs followed by

severe cramping and paralysis Food Sources: Whole Grains and meats

Pellagra Deficiency: Niacin B3 Raw and inflamed skin rash, abdominal

pain, diarrhea, dementia and paralysis Liver and kidney. Meat, poultry, peanuts

and peanut butter

Pernicious Anemia Deficiency: Vitamin B12 Abnormally large red blood cells,

depression, and drowsiness Animal proteins

Osteopororosis Deficiency: Calcium Porous and brittle bones Milk and Milk Products

Hypertension Excess: Sodium Force applied by the heart to pump

blood through the blood vessel Causes: Smoking, overweight, too much

salt in the diet

Goiter Deficiency: Iodine Enlargement of the thyroid gland Sources: Seafood and iodized salt

Anemia Deficiency: Iron Symptoms: Fatigue, pale Function: Carries oxygen in the blood Source: Meat, seafood, egg yolks, dark

leafy green vegetables