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Nutrition Ch 28
Nutrition & Wasting Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |