FDNS 4600 1st Edition Lecture 15Outline of Past Lecture I. How could we use these research methods to test:II. How fat is “fatty fish”?III. Potential risksIV. Maternal fish consumption, hair mercury, and infant cognition in a U.S. cohortOutline of Current LectureI. What is Fortification?II. Folic Acid MandateIII. Food VehicleIV. DiscussionCurrent LectureI. What is Fortification?a. Addition of nutrients to processed food.b. More of a corrective process to help with issues like disease preventionc. Discretion is important!d. Cannot change the taste, nutrient value, or look of the product. II. Folic Acid Mandatea. Folic Acid helps greatly decrease the risk of neural tub defects in infants. b. There is now a mandated amount of folic acid in fortified food.III. Food Vehiclea. A way a food is fortified and distributed to a specific target group.b. In the Hispanic ethnicity, corn would be a good food vehicle because it is a large part of the diet. c. Dry milling reduces the nutrient intake greatly that is why fortification would be important.IV. Discussiona. Should corn flour be mandatorily fortified with folic acid? Why or why not?i. Issue with implicating the product with the industryii. Extra cost?iii. Feasibility is the biggest issue currentlyiv. There is a lack of education for the importance of folic acids.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.v. Folic acid needs to be taken well before pregnancy to prevent the
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