Explain the health effects and recommended intakes of protein. What detrimental side effects can occur from excess intake of both fat and water soluble vitamins?
Proteins are the building blocks.Unlike fats and carbohydrates whose main function is to provide energy; proteins help in building muscles;bones;cartilages etc.
Recommended daily intake is 0.8 gram per kilogram of body weight.So it is around 56 gram of protein for an average sedentary man.
Water soluble vitamins are B and C.Fat soluble vitamins are A;D;E and K.
Excess water soluble vitamin is usually excreted in urine.
Excess fat soluble vitamins get stored in the body.So it leads to toxicity called hypervitaminosis.The symptoms are nausea;lethargy;vomiting;dehydration;drowsiness;stomach pain; loss of appetite etc.
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