Micronutrient Analysis

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Micronutrient Analysis

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Complete the table below. For each micronutrient listed, describe its function and identify common food sources. Then, review your Personal One-Day Intake Log and identify foods that provide substantial amounts of micronutrients. You do not need to identify every micronutrient found in every piece of food. List those foods in the My Food Choices column corresponding to the micronutrients they contain.



Please answer each of the following questions with a maximum of 200 words.

1. What micronutrients are missing from your diet? What foods, that you enjoy, could you eat to supply these nutrients?

Iron is a micronutrient missing in my diet, meats, eggs, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes, whole grains and enriched food products they are the best source of iron.

2. Micronutrient deficiencies can have many negative effects on your health. What long-term effects can you anticipate if your current deficiencies continue?

Iron deficiency may cause anemia,a condition characterized by a reduction in size or number of red blood cells or in the quantitiy of hemoglobin or both, resulting in decreased capacity of the blood to carry oxygen. This may be due to several causes:

1. An inadequate intake iron caused poor quality sources or poor cooking methods leads to nutritional anemia of microcyctic type.

2. Excessive excreation of iron caused by blood loss in pregnancy, parasitism, or in blood donation leads to hemorrhagic anemia.

3. List, and explain, five specific ways consuming the right amounts of micronutrients can positively affect your long-term health and aging.

1. Enhancing immune function2. Aiding digestion3. Improving circulation4. Improving brain function5. Aiding elimination of wastes.

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