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Nutrition Ch 28
Nutrition & Wasting Disorders
Question | Answer |
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Cancer | Uncontrolled growth of cells |
Benign | Cells usually look normal and poses little threat to overall health |
Malignant | Abnormal cells that threatens health |
Metastasis | Spread of cancer |
Carcinoma | Cancer that develop in epithelial tissue |
Sarcoma | Cancer that develop from connective tissue |
Carcinogen | Cancer causing substances |
Cancer Cachexia | Anorexia and elevated metabolism that leads to wasting |
Cytokines | Chemicals released by immune cells to fight tumors and alter metabolism |
Cancer Promoter | Fats |
Cancer Antipromoter | Fiber, antioxidants, Vit C & E, selenium, beta carotene, phytochemicals, indole and dithiolthiones |
Cruciferous Vegetables | Cabbages, broccoli, calliflowers, brossel sprout |
The 3 most common treatment for cancer | Radiation, surgery and chemotherapy |
Tumor Metabolism | Use glycolysis for ATP and use less oxygen so lactic acid build up & liver convert to glucose |
AIDS | Viral infection of helper T cells, usually die of opportunistic infections |
Nutrition therapy for bone marrow transplants | IV feeding w/ glutamine added; Lacto-free, low fiber & fat, liquid diet; High protein, calcium and Vit D |
Nutritional Problems of AIDS patients | Hypermetabolic, stress or depresses and don't want to eat, thrush, herpes ulcers in mouth, pneumonia or TB make eating and breathing hard; Drugs cause diarrhea, nausea, appetite lost, malabsorption |