Assignment task: Look at the VITAMIN AND MINERAL list published by the governmental agency National Institutes of Health
Vitamin/Mineral selected: VITAMIN C
Address the associated question(s). Label your subject heading with the selected vitamin/mineral.
Imagine you are attending your yearly health risk assessment. When you came to the appointment, you thought you had a proper diet and were of average health.
It turns out that the doctor examining you has a special interest in nutrition. She notices some inconsistencies with what you discuss with her and suggests that you may have a deficiency or toxicity of your selected vitamin or mineral.
Your post should include the following information in paragraph format:
1. What symptoms did you have that led the doctor to consider that vitamin or mineral?
2. Do you have a toxicity or deficiency?
3. Briefly describe what your recommended daily allowance based upon your profile (sex, age, physical status, etc.) should be, your present intake estimate.
4. What is your action plan (adjustment in diet, etc.) for correcting the toxicity or deficiency?
5. If left untreated, what might be some of the more serious long-term and detrimental effects this might have on your body?
6. Which special populations (pregnant women, children, a specific culture, ethnicity etc.) are most affected and why?
7. What other prevention, treatment, and safety measures might be beneficial to regulate your health?