Vitamins and Minerals Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that every cell needs. Vitamins can function like hormones or as antioxidants. Minerals are essential to important bodily functions such as producing energy‚ growing‚ and healing. Minerals are required for fluid balance‚ development‚ nervous system maintenance .Minerals and vitamins‚ function as coenzymes and participate in enzymatic reactions in the body. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can affect the brain many different ways
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Leadership Traits Although research has shown that the presence of specific traits alone do not ensure successful leadership‚ it has been proven that successful historical leaders share certain key traits. According to Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin Locke‚ “leaders do not have to be great men or women by being intellectual geniuses or omniscient prophets to succeed‚ but they do need to have the "right stuff" and this stuff is not equally present in all people” (Kirkpatrick & Locke‚ 1991‚ p. 12)
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Coursework 2 Name: Mohamed Abdulwahab Exercise metabolism Title: In the light of the energy systems used during prolonged endurance events‚ critically analyse the nutritional strategies that a marathon runner should adopt before and whilst running a marathon in temperate environmental conditions (16-18oC). 1. Introduction: 1.1 Energy intake: 1.2 Fluid intake: 1.3 Carbohydrate intake: 2. Building energy and fluid: 1.
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whenever there is excess sodium in relation to water. There are numerous causes of hypernatremia; these may include kidney disease‚ too little water intake‚ and loss of water due to diarrhea and/or vomiting. A decreased concentration of sodium (hyponatremia) occurs whenever there is a relative increase in the amount of body water relative to sodium. This happens with some diseases of the liver and kidney‚ in patients with congestive heart failure‚ in burn victims‚ and in numerous other conditions
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Multiple Choice – Choose the BEST answer for each question 1. According to the textbook‚ the word diet should be defined as: a. a restriction of food and beverages in an effort to lose weight. b. an increase or decrease in caloric intake to gain or lose weight. c. a pattern of eating. d. nutrition periodization. 2. The first goal of dietary planning is to establish daily _____ intake. a. carbohydrate b. protein c. fat d. energy 3. Which energy-containing compound is most readily
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Electrolyte is a scientific term for salts‚ specifically ions. The term electrolyte means that this ion is electrically-charged and moves to either a negative or positive electrode. Ions that move to the negative which are called cations are positively charged and Ions that move to the positive which are called anions are negatively charged. They can be divided into acids‚ bases‚ and salts‚ because they all give ions when dissolved in water. Electrolytes are present in the human body‚ and the balance
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prescribed loop diuretic Mechanism of action Acts on ascending loop of Henle to block reabsorption Pharmacokinetics Rapid onset (oral 60 min; IV 5 min) Therapeutic uses Pulmonary edema Edematous states Hypertension Adverse effects Hypokalemia Hyponatremia‚ hypochloremia‚ and dehydration Hyperglycemia & Hyperuricemia Hypotension Loss of volume Relaxation of venous smooth muscle Ototoxicity Drug interactions Digoxin May cause imbalance in digoxin levels due to fluctuation in potassium levels
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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Chapter 10: Health Promotion of the Infant and the Family Proportional changes (*See Table 10-1) Growth is very rapid in the initial 6 months Infants gain 150 to 210 grams weekly until approx. 5-6 mos.‚ when the birth weight has doubled Weight gain slows during the second 6 mos. By 1 yr of age‚ birth weight has tripled Infants who are breastfed beyond 4-6 mos. of age typically gain less weight than bottlefed infants Breastfed infants tend to self-regulate energy intake Height increases
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PREPARED BY IRFAN MIR ---- USMLE STEP 2 CK KICK THE BOARDS BEFORE U CONSIDER THESE NOTES PLZ READ THIS. CONTENTS NOTES FROM KAPLAN Q BOOK & MOCK EXAM ---------------------------------------------- page 2 - 24 NOTES FROM PASSING STEP 2CK 2009 - 2010 ------------------------------------------------- page 24 - 65 NOTES FROM KAPLAN REVIEW BOOK 2009 --------------------------------------------------- page 65 - 134 NOTES FORM UW Q BANK 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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