Question | Answer |
WHAT ARE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS OF VITAMINS? | FAT SOLUBLE AND WATER SOLUBLE |
WHAT IS THE BEST SOURCE OF RIBOFLAVIN? | ENRICHED GRAINS |
WHAT IS THE DEFICIENCY OF B12 THAT MAY BE MASKED BY ADEQUATE FOLATE IN THE DIET? | PERNICIOUS ANEMIA |
AS A GROUP, WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE B VITAMINS THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, AND NIACIN? | COENZYMES, RELEASING ENERGY FROM CARBOHYDRATES |
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE DIGESTION/ABSORBTION OF VITAMINS B12? | IT REQUIRES INTRINSIC FACTOR |
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATURAL AND ENRICHED FORMS OF FOLATE? | ENRICHED IS ABSORBED BETTER |
WHICH VITAMIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS? | FOLATE |
HOW DO B12 AND FOLATE FUNCTION TOGETHER? | ACTIVATE EACH OTHER FOR DNA SYNTHESIS, METABOLISM FOR AMINO ACIDS, AND MAINTENANCE OF MYELIN SHEATH |
THIS WATER SOLUBLE VITAMIN IS ONLY FOUND IN ANIMAL FOODS | B12 |
WHICH TWO B VITAMINS ARE FOUND WIDELY IN THE FOOD SUPPLY, MAKING DEFICANCY RARE? | BIOTIN AND PANTOTHENIC ACID |
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU ARE DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN A? | NIGHT BLINDNESS IS AN INDICATOR BUT OVERALL BLINDNESS |
WHAT IS THE PRECURSOR TO VITAMIN A? WHAT FOODS HAVE THIS? | BETA CAROTENE. DARK ORANGE, YELLOW FOODS |
WHICH VITAMINS ARE CONSIDERED ANTIOXIDANTS? | A,C,E |
WHO IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO A DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN E? | SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T EAT ENOUGH FAT |
WHO NEEDS MORE VITAMIN C? WHY? | SMOKERS, THEY METABOLIZE IT FASTER |
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF VITAMIN C AND WHY? | FORMATION OF COLLAGEN, ABSORPTION OF IRON, ANTIOXIDANT |
WHAT ARE THE DEFECTS OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY? | RICKETS, OSTEOMALACIA, CANCERS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, TYPE 1 DIABETES |
WHICH VITAMIN IS MOST TOXIC? | VITAMIN D |
WHICH VITAMIN ACTS AS A HORMONE TO REGULATE CALCIUM ABSORPTION | VITAMIN D |
WHICH VITAMIN MAY INTERACT WITH ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATIONS | VITAMIN K |
WHAT IS THE BEST FOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN D | MILK |
WHAT VITAMIN IS MADE BY THE GOOD BACTERIA IN THE INTESTINE | VITAMIN K |
B1 | THIAMIN |
B2 | RIBOFLAVIN |
B3 | NIACIN |
FUNCTION AS COENZYMES IN ENERGY METABOLISM | B1, B2, B3, BIOTIN, PANTOTHENIC ACID |
VISION, EPITHELIAL CELLS, DIFFERENTIATION, BONE GROWTH | VITAMIN A |
WATER SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT MAKES COLLAGEN PROPER IMMUNE FUNCTION | VITAMIN C |
ACTS AT THE BONES INTESTINES AND KIDNEYS TO REGULATE BLOOD CALCIUM LEVELS | VITAMIN D |
FAT SOLUBLE ANTIOXIDANT | VITAMIN E |
CONVERSION OF ONE AMINO ACID TO ANOTHER CRITICAL TO DEVELOPING BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE FETUS | FOLATE |
WORKS WITH FOLATE TO MAKE RED BLOOD CELLS MAINTAINS MYELIN SHEATH SURROUNDING NERVE FIBERS | B12 |
NEEDED FOR PROPER BLOOD CLOT FORMATION | VITAMIN K |
HELPS THE BODY MAKE PROTEIN | B6 |