Mnemonics on nutrition

Hey guys!
These are some mnemonics I made on nutrition which is a part of my Preventive & Social Medicine (also
known as Community Medicine).
We'll keep updating this section.
Please, please, please feel free to add your mnemonics as well ^__^
Deficiency of vitamin B1:
Thiamine deficiency causes Ber1 Ber1 (B1).
Deficiency of vitamin B2:
"A2 B2 C2"
A2 - 2 ATPs (FAD and FMN are derived from riboFlavin)
B2 - Vitamin B2
C2 - Cheilosis, Corneal vascularization
Lets call it ri-two-bo-flavin!
Deficiency of vitamin B3:
"B3 causes D3"
You can also remember the three vowels in nIAcIn, so it's vitamin B three.
Dermatitis, Dementia, Death.
Random fact: P3llagra also tends to occur in areas where people eat maize (or corn, the only grain low in
digestible niacin) as a staple food.
Mnemonic: Corny people can't be nice. (Corn can't have niacin)
"Have a nice trip to serotonin land"
Tryptophan is needed to make Niacin, Serotonin and Melatonin (Seratonin rhymes with Melatonin).
"Please catch the tyre"
Tyrosine is created from Phenylalanine which is required for the synthesis of catecholamines.
Protein deficiency diseases: Kwashiorkor & Marasmus mnemonic.
Kwashiorkor has a lot of Os
O is a fat alphabet.
That should remind you of fatty liver.
No proteins to send lipids out of liver.
Kwashy is squashy for the edema associated with Kwashiorkor
Only protein deficient.
Marasmus has a lot of As
A is for appetite.
Ready to eat - which should tell you calories and proteins are deficient in Marasmus.
Dietary sources of essential fatty acids:
"Flowers and nuts contain linoleic acid.
GreeNs and beaNs have an extra N for linolenic acid."
Sources of linoleic acid are -

Flowers: Safflower oil, sunflower oil

Nuts: Groundnut, coconut.
Sources of linolenic acid are Greens: Green leafy vegetables
Beans: Soyabean oil.
Exam question: Olive oil is rich in Oleic acid. I was asked this in a viva.
Limiting aminoacids:
Cereal proteins (corn, wheat) are deficient in Lysine & Threonine.
I remember the word "CuLT" for this
Random fact: Significant proportions of lysine are found in soyabeans.
Pulse proteins are deficient in Methionine.
Mnemonic: PM
Exam question: I was asked which aminoacids are limiting in groundnuts in my practical exam. I read
online that three aminoacids are particularly low - Lysine, Threonine and Methionine.. I don't have a
mnemonic but make sure you remember this!

B vitamins
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If you are like me, you probably have to resort to google every time you come across the B
vitamins. I finally got fed up enough to make a memory aid for the purpose of remembering
which B vitamin is which, in ascending order. Since B12 is found in meat products, the
mnemonic tells the story of a chef ordering his sous-chef around over a plate of ribs. :)
These ribs need paprika. Pile it on boy. Faster, come!
These: Thiamine = B1
Ribs: Riboflavin = B2
Need: Niacin = B3
Paprika: Pantothenic acid = B5
Pyle: Pyridoxine = B6
Boy: Biotin = B7
Faster: Folate = B9
Come: Cobalamine = B12

To those in Quebec, I hope you had a wonderful St. Jean!

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