By YACENIA MORILLO CORONADO (441)
I want to speak you about the a subject that actually has a great impact in the health human, “Malnutrition”. Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. Micronutrient malnutrition refers to inadequate availability for some essential nutrients such as vitamins and minor elements that are requiered by the body in small quantities.
Micronutrient deficiencies lead to a variety of diseases and impair normal functioning of the body. For example, the deficiency in micronutrients such as Vitamin A is common in developing countries like Africa, Asia and Latin America. It affects million of children in the world and pregnant women. Vitamin A deficiency contributes a night blindness, which is the first sign of deficiency of this vitamin, reduces the capacity of the body to resist different diseases, diminishes the ability to combat infecctions, decreases growth rate, slow bone development, infertility in men and women.
International Center of Agriculture Tropical (CIAT) located in Colombia, is looking for solutions to this problem of health public. Actually, the CIAT is working with Cassava and sweet potato. Cassava in the most important food in the developing countries. Farmes particulary appreciate its strong tolerance of drought and poor soils. Some countries use this crop to obtain cassava’s starch roots for industrial use and how food for animals. CIAT’s scientifics have identified several cassava genotypes with high levels of carotenoids in the roots. The carotenoids have the capacity to convert in vitamin A when we eat foods such as green vegetables, carrot, broccoli, spinach, tomato and fruits as such peach, watermelon, guava, which have high carotenoid contents. Scientifics have used biotechnoloy based techniques to modificated the carotenoids pathway and to increase the nutritional quality of cassava. When the genotypes are obtain, these are propagated in field and they are send to other populations chronically deficient in this vitamin. The consumption of this crop may help to increase the quality life of the people which live in marginal regions.
Finallly, guys, remember a balanced diet, rich in vitamins and minerals is very important for our health.
12 comments:
It's very hard situations.
There are many people live under difficult conditions.We always throw away with no sweat.
We have to think about Mulnutrition seriously.
Hello~Yacenia
I am Frank.
Thank you for giving us this important information.
Let us more focus on our diet.
YACENIA is the best writer of the blog :D ... thank u for these important information it is really nice
Hello Mohammed:
Thank you so much. I think someday will be a great writer and win the Nobel Prize of Literature hihiiiii.
Yes I´m agree with Momo... Yacenia is one of the best classsmates from this class!
She also is so professional in her work too!
Why dont you try to tell them that you are an Engeneer!!?
Here come Girl Power again!
pd: no nos merecen!:p
Hi
Im Echo
This is really good information !
Thanks~
yes yacenia's writing is the best in our class its really important about diet and iwe have to consider to diet...:)
This article is really useful
I will strat to care about my healthy
Because it's remain me, Should take care about myself
THX for your imformation
You always doing hard!
Thank for your information!
I will care of hearth!
Well, I'm Agronomic Engeneer. The agronomic is a professional that work in differents areas to improve the quality foods, and the most important the quality life of the people. Some agronomics prefer to work in the field and other in the laboratory, in different crops such as tomato, potato, fruits, vegetables, etc.
In Colombia, I'm studying Plant Breeding and I hope finish it when come to my country.
It's a hard major, but I loved it.
Yes, right, I think so..
Vitamins are very important for our body.Thank you for reminding it.
Your artickle is alwas long and difficult. haha..
Thank you for yur imtormation.'
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