1. What are conditionally essential nutrients
2. What type of nutrient are phytochemicals
3. Which water soluble vitamins are: ylid decarboxylation stabiliser, electron acceptor/donator, cobalamin, NH3 carrier during transaminations, CoA, CO2 carrier, one carbon carrier
4. What are the 4 lipid soluble vitamins
5. Which are the trace and ultra trace elements, what is the requirement
6. What are the 3 most common nutrient deficiencies, what is common in the northern hemisphere
7. Which mild deficiencies are linked to impaired cognitive development and which mild deficiency compromises the immune system
8. Which are the haem proteins and in which of them does the iron undergo redox
9. What are the 5 roles of iron sulphur cluster proteins
10. Which 4 proteins store and transport Fe£+
11. What is the Kd for transferritin and lactoferritin and thus what is [Fe3+] in healthy tissues so why can’t microorganisms proliferate in healthy tissues, what may result in this ‘natural resistance to infection mechanism’ to become compromised
12. How much iron is there in the body per Kg and where is the majority of this
13. How is iron lost from the body
14. For what 4 reasons is IDA difficult to treat by just adding iron to the diet
15. What is Fenton type redox cycling
16. Which bacteria have high iron requirements and how can they lead to muscosal inflammation
17. How is iron linked to colorectal cancer
18. What are the 4 roles of vitamin A
19. What is the sole role of iodine in the body