If you are a typical male or female, what nutrient shortfalls and excesses should you be worried about and why?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Males consume too much total and saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium, and not enough fiber, vitamins A, D, E, K (for young men), choline, magnesium, and potassium. Females have too much total and saturated fat, and sodium and low intakes of fiber, vitamins A and E, choline, calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium. Inadequacies and excesses alter substrate availability, cause imbalances at the cellular and subcellular levels, and result in changes in tissues such as bone, blood vessels, skin and mucosal membranes.

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