TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Discovering nutrition - Chapter 7a: Spotlight on dietary supplements and functional foods

After studying this chapter you will be able to understand: Dietary supplements: vitamins and minerals, dietary supplements: natural health products, dietary supplements in the marketplace, functional foods. | Spotlight on Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Various forms Vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, glandular extracts, enzymes, etc. Moderate Supplementation In the range of the Daily Values (DVs) Megadoses High levels; multiples of the DVs Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Moderate supplementation Increased nutrient needs and/or poor intake Women of childbearing age who may become pregnant Pregnant and breastfeeding women Women with heavy menstrual losses Children Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Moderate supplementation Increased nutrient needs and/or poor intake Infants People with severe food restrictions Strict vegetarians who abstain from animal foods and dairy products Older adults Others Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Moderate supplementation Look for brands that contain at least 20 vitamins and minerals No more than 100% of its DV Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Megadoses in conventional medical management Conventional medicine Drug interactions Malabsorption syndromes Treatment of deficiencies Druglike effects Dietary Supplements: Vitamins and Minerals Megadosing beyond conventional medicine: orthomolecular nutrition Achieving the optimal nutrition levels in the body Drawbacks of megadoses Can act as a drug Can create deficits of other nutrients Can interfere with absorption of others Dietary Supplements: Natural Health Products Natural health products Herbal therapy (phytotherapy) Traditional medical practices Little scientific evidence of efficacy, safety Dietary Supplements: Natural Health Products Helpful herbs, harmful herbs St. John’s wort Milk thistle Ginkgo biloba Saw palmetto extract Cranberry juice Dietary Supplements: Natural Health Products Helpful herbs, harmful herbs Strong enough to help, strong enough to hurt Can interfere with standard medicines DANGER: Examples of products with toxic side effects St. John’s .

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• Discovering nutrition
• Lecture Discovering nutrition
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• Dietary supplements
• Natural health products
• Functional foods
• Linking nutrients
• Nutrition guidelines
• Dietary guidelines
• Life cycle
• Infant nutrition
• Physiology of pregnancy
• Physical performance spotlight
• Physical performance
• Energy systems
• Nutritional concerns
• Nutrient needs
• Political disruptions
• World food equation
• Food choices
• Environmental influences
• Social ecological model
• Human body
• Gastrointestinal tract
• Chemical processes
• Simple sugars
• Complex carbohydrates
• Carbohydrate digestion
• Character of alcohol
• Spotlight on alcohol
• Alcohol absorption
• Fatty acids
• Triglyceride structure
• Phospholipid structure
• Amino acids
• Protein structure
• Protein denaturation
• Fat soluble vitamins
• The carotenoids
• Sources of riboflavin
• Intake recommendations
• Water intoxication
• Minerals in foods
• Spotlight on metabolism
• Energy balance
• Spotlight on eating disorders
• Bulimia nervosa
• Anorexia nervosa
• Chronic disease
• Physical inactivity
• Cardiovascular disease
• Weight management
• Childhood overweight
• Health risks
• Food safety
• Food additives
• Keeping food safe