Consumer Concerns
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| Ergogenic | Work enhancing lactic acid
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| Protein powders | Provide excess protein that most athletes and average people don't need
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| Side Effect(s) of Protein Powders | Break down puts a burden on a kidney
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| Complete Nutrition Supplements | Most are not complete, but it is an advantage for a person that can't eat solid food
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| Soda Loading | Eating baking soda to neutralize lactic acid
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| Side Effect(s) of Soda Loading | Dizziness, Cramp and Diarrhea
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| Anabolic Steroids | Stimulate muscle development
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| Side Effects of Anabolic Steroids | Aggressiveness, acne, hair loss, depression, testicular atrophy, heart failure, and liver damage
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| hGH (Human Growth Hormone) | Taking to make a person taller or larger
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| Side Effects of hGH | Acromegaly, diabetes, thyroid problems, heart disease and shorter life span
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| Blood Doping | Removing RBCs from a person then reinjecting the cells a few days before an event
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| Purpose of Blood Doping | Increase oxygen carrying ability
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| Side Effects of Blood Doping | Changes blood chemistry, slows the blood, and cause heart attack
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| USDA (US Dept. of Agriculture) | Responsible for quality of meat and egg
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| FDA (Food & Drug Admin) | Responsible for all other food and supplements
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| EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) | Responsible for pesticides and water quality
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| CDC (Center for Disease Control) | Responsible for food-borne illnesses
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| Type 1 of Food Borne Illnesses | Infection occur by eating bacteria; occurs a couple of days after eating
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| Symptoms of Type 1 of Food Borne Illnesses | Cramps, diarrhea and fever
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| Type 2 of Food Borne Illnesses | Intoxication caused by eating toxins produced by bacteria; occurs few hours to 1 day after eating
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| Symptoms of Type 2 of Food Borne Illnesses | Weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, blurry vision and difficulty breathing
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| Cross Contamination | Bacteria in raw meat that contact other food or utensils that are not then cook or clean properly
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| Bioaccumulation | Concentration of contaminants of the food chain
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| Heavy metals | High atomic weight elements, denatures proteins, and poison the nervous system
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| Organic halogens | Carbon compound that also contain F, Cl, Br, I. Cause cancer. Used to make silicone (plastic/rubber)
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| Natural toxicants in foods | Things that naturally occur in food
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| Natural toxicants in some mushrooms | Some are poisonous
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| Natural toxicants of cabbages and turnips | Contain goitrogens which cause thyroid enlargements
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| Natural toxicants of limo beans and fruit seeds | Contain cyanogens which releases cyanides
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| Natural toxicants of green potatoes skin | Contain solanine which is a narcotic that causes nausea, diarrhea, headaches, dizziness and paralysis
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| Delaney Clause | No substance known to cause cancer can be added to food
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| Margin of Safety | Zone between the amount used and the level on which harm exist
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| Some common food additives | Color, flavors, nutrients, preservatives, and thickeners
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| How salt and sugar prevent microbial growth? | By causing the movement of water to move out of the microbe
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| Nitrites and Nitrates | Preserve and enhance flavor, but can be converted into nitrosamines which can cause cancer; NO2 and NO3
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| Sulfites | Cheap antioxidants, but can cause allergic reactions in some people
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| Chinese restaurants syndrome | Allergic reaction to MSG (flavor enhancer); cause headache, erythema and chest pain
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| Radiolytic products | Broken pieces of nutrients cause by radio-activating the food to preserve it
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| Incidental food additives | Not purposely added, occur during harvesting or processing; ex. bug bits or glasses
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| Transgenic | Individual that grow from an embryonic cell that had DNA inserted into it
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| Types of DNA inserted in Transgenic | Tolerance genes, growth genes, disease resistance, brighter color, and slow rotting
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| Surface Water | River and lakes
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| Ground Water | Taking from aquifer (underground rocks filled with water)
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| Hard Water | High in Ca and Mg
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| Soft Water | High in Na
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| Cleaning Process of Water Supply | Screen-> Sedimentation-> Activated sludge or trickling filter-> Treated w/ Cl, UV and O3(Ozone)
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| Bottled Water | Supposed to be regulated by FDA, but standards are not very strict
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