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Part 2
Spring 2015
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| phytoncides | antimibrobial, allelochemical, and volatile organic compounds produced by plants to defend itself |
| forest bathing | places like japan, korea, and taiwan breathe in phyoncide emitted by a plant to improve health |
| functional foods | food and food components that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition |
| Roles Functional foods Play | Reducing risk of disease and improving health |
| Functional Foods | Milk, Tuna, Soy, Citrus Fruits, Beries, Chocolate, Red Wine, Yam, Mushrooms, and Beans |
| Aspirin | From a Willow Tree |
| Digitalis | From a Foxglove Plant |
| Morphine Opium | From a Poppy |
| Vincristine | From a Rosy Periwinkle |
| Dietary Supplements for Cancer Treatment | Milk Thistle, Echinacea, glutamine, Essiac Tea |
| Essiac Tea | Canadian indian herbal product used by Rene Caisse to reduce tumor growth, blood purifiers, and innate defense mechanisms |
| Prostaglandins | Powerful cell regulators that help maintain virtually many body functions including blood, brain, kidney, hear and immune system |
| plant sterols and phytostanols | help prevents the body from absorbing cholesterol in the GI |
| protein, iron, vitamin B-12, calcium and zinc | nutrients essential for vegetarians. |
| coenzyme Q10 | Natural substance present in foods that acts as a powerful antioxidant and helps with energy metabolism |
| Fat soluble and should be taken with a meal for best absorption | CoQ10 |
| Vitamin E and Selenium | Prevent lipid peroxidation of biological membranes |
| Echinacea | Most common herb in the United States |
| Vitamin D | This vitamin helps with immune function and fighting infection and deficient in patients with all types of cancer |
| Morality | the first order beliefs and practices about good and evil that guide our behavior |
| Ethics | Conscious stepping back and reflecting on morality |
| Integrity | Means Ethical. |
| Upskill | Learn new procedures or tasks |
| 19 | Principles of professional conduct |
| aspirational, educational, regulatory | Hybrid of three topes of codes |
| DSHEA | Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act |