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Flashcards: Nutrition 4

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Hypochromic microcytic anemiairon deficiency
Heme ironpart of hemoglobin and myoglobin and only found in animal based foods such as meat, fish and poultry
non-heme ironfound in both plant and animal foods... plant based foods only contain non-heme
Folic acidcoenzyme and helps to synthesis DNA
Megoblastic anemiafolic acid (folate) deficiency, Vit B-12 (colbalamin) deficienvy
Neural Tube defectsmalformation of the brain and spinal cord during the embryonic period... 1/2500 infants per yr US
Spinal bifidaspinal cord exposure
anencephalyabsence of brain
Vitamin B12 (colbalamin)coenzyme in new cell synthesis
Vitamin Kcoenzyme in protein production .. blood coagulation and bone metabolism