Iron Nutrients
Iron Nutrients-After reading the Week #5 learning resources (chapters 9 -10.5 pgs. 445-551 in your text book as well as the Oregon State University resources provided), complete the following activity for the Week #5 Discussion.
Please use the name of your assigned nutrient as the title of your post!
Each of you will take a closer look at a vitamin or mineral discussed from the Week #5 learning resources.
In your primary post you should 1) provide an overview of this nutrient for your classmates. 2) Include an explanation of the functions/roles your nutrient plays in the body, 3) dietary sources of the nutrient and 4) something you did not know before about this nutrient or that would be most useful for your classmates to know. Please use the learning materials (online textbook or two links provided from OSU ) as your
references.If your nutrient is not well covered in the learning materials please use a reputable source to reference, such as nih.gov–they have nutrient fact sheets for health professionals.
In addition to general comments and questions, I encourage you to dig deeper and provide additional information about the nutrient for which you are responding to, that are not included in the ooriginal post (for example, what diseases are associated with deficiency of the nutrient, or what effects toxicity of that nutrient can have on the body.
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