Assignment 5

Due: 3/25 (MWF), 3/24 (T&TH, TH)           

Q1  Deepa lives in a rural area in Nepal.  She is pregnant and has noticed that she cannot see well after sunset.  She relies on other family members for night-time feeding and cleaning children.

Q1-1. What is Deepa likely to be experiencing after sunset?  How does it happen?

Q1-2.  What kind of foods would you recommend to prevent the symptom that Deepa is experiencing?

Q1-3.  Deepa’s sister, Sunita, moved to Sweden.  She has been going through repeated pregnancies and periods of lactation. Sunita tends to stay inside doing her domestic chores, and she does not eat dairy products.  What symptom is she likely to experience due to her lifestyle, and why does it happen?

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Q2. Please answer the following questions.

Q2-1.  What are free radicals and how are they related to heart disease and cancer?

Q2-2. How are vitamin E and vitamin C theorized to protect heart health?

Q3 See the instructor