Characteristics of nutrients
- It is mainly present in animal foods (rarely in vegetable foods)
- Water-soluble vitamin
- Oxidized by light and air
- Called “vitamins of hematopoiesis”
- Helps to synthesize hemoglobin
- It is based on the synthesis of amino acids together with folic acid
- Attention when the stomach is weak because it is absorbed together with the secretory substance of the stomach
Function of nutrients
- Prevention of malignant anemia
- Synthesize nucleus of nerve cell
- Protein synthesis
- Synthesis of nucleic acids
- Synthesis of erythrocytes
- Preparing the rhythm of sleep
When nutrients are deficient
- Malignant anemia (headache, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite)
- Numbness of limbs, decrease of concentration
- Stiff shoulders, low back pain, neuralgia
When nutrients overdose
- No worry of excessive intake
- Even if overdosed, it is not absorbed more than necessary
Foods rich in nutrients
- a shijimi clam
- Cow lever
- asari clam
- Pacific saury
- salmon roe