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What are the major functions of water
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to carry nutrients, cleanse tissue and blood, chemical reactions, lubricate joints, …it is also a solvent, shock absorber and body temp
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Where do you get most of your water?
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liquids and foods
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Where does most of your water go?
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kidneys and skin
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What is the total water intake recommendation for adults?
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men 3.7 liters and women 2.7 liters
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Actual fluid consumption accounts for what % of water we intake?
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81
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What is water intoxication?
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excessive water consumption causing disruption of brain function due to imbalance of electrolytes in body fluids
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What happens during water intoxication?
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sodium in blood falls to dangerous levels the brain can swell
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What amount of water can prove deadly?
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6 pints (3 liters
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What are the major minerals?
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calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, sulfur
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What are the trace minerals?
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iodine, iron, zinc, selenium, flouride, chomium, copper, manganese, molybdenum
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What 3 minerals do we have the most amount of?
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calcium phosphorus and potassium
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What is the function of Iodine?
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thyroxine hormone that regulates BMR
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What are the sources of Iodine?
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iodized salt, seafood
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What are the functions of Iron?
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It functions as oxygen carrying cells hemoglobin (red blood) and myoglobin (muscle cells) / helps enzymes use oxygen / and it is needed to make new cells amino acids, hormones and neurotransmitters
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What is the RDA for iron?
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Men 8 mg/day women 18 mg/day pregnant 27 mg/day
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What foods have allot of iron?
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spinach, enriched cereal ,clams, beef steak, navy beens
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What is the source of Heme iron?
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meat fish and poultry
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What is the source of Non-heme iron?
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meat fish poultry and plants
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Non-heme Iron absoprtion interferes with what and enhances what?
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it interferes with absorption of phytates, polyphenols and calcium / enhances vit c and mfp factor absorption
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What does lead do to your body?
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it displaces iron and calcium but does not perform there functions and it injures kidneys
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Who absorb the most lead?
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children
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What do you combine to help achieve maximum iron absorption?
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heme iron, nonheme iron, mfp factor and vit c
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What are the functions of Zinc?
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Zinc works with proteins to help enzymes: make parts of cells genetic materials, make heme in hemoglobin, helps pancreas in digestion, helps metabolize cho, protein and fat, liberates vit a from storage in the liver, and it disposes of damaging free radicals
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What are foods high in zinc?
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yogurt, pork chops, cereal, oysters, crab meat, beef steak
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What are the functions of selenium?
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assists enzymes that work with vit e to prevent free radical formation and oxidative damage and it activate thyroxine
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What is flouride?
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it is not an essential nutrient and it inhibits dental caries
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What is Chromium?
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it works with insulin to regulate and release energy from glucose
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What is the function of copper?
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It helps form hemoglobin and collagen, assists in reactions that release energy, works with proteins to regulate activity of certain genes, and it is a component of an enzyme that helps control damage from free radicals.
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What is the function of Molybdenum and Manganese?
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part of enzymes
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