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Retinol
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Vitamin A
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Found in green veggies, deep yellow fruits and vegetables, dairy products, liver, and fish. Associated with the eye.
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin A
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helps in vision
integrity of organs and tissues immune system (antioxidant) |
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Vitamin most important for body's utilization of Ca and Phosphorus.
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Vitamin D
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How can the body manufacture vitamin D?
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sunlight
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Rickets is caused by what
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vitamin D deficiency.
(because it has to do with Ca and phosphorus to build bones and teeth) |
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Osteomalacia is an adult version of what?
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rickets. Vitamin D deficiency
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Sources of vitamin D
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fish, liver oil, salmon, fortified milk and egg yolk
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Tocopherol
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Vitamin E
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Vitamin E can interfere with Vitamin ____ affecting blood clotting
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Vitamin K
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Sources of Vitamin E
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vegetable oils, green leafy, nuts, whole grains, legumes
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Vitamin K is produced
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in the intestines
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Vitamin K is required for _______ of blood clotting factors
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biosynthesis. Therefore, deficiency is associated with bleeding and hemorrhages.
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Source of Vitamin K
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green leafy vegetable
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Ascorbic acid
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vitamin C
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What are the fat soluble vitamins?
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ADEK
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What are the water soluble vitamins?
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C, B complex
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Collagen formation is dependent upon vitamin ____
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Vitamin C
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Scurvy
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result of vitamin C deficiency.
Muscle weekness, soft swollen gums, loose teeth. |
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Smokers require larger amounts of vitamin ____ because of collagen formation
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C
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Sources of vitamin C
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citrus, green peppers, broccoli, strawberries, cantaloupe
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Which vitamin function as cofactors in enzyme reactions
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vitamin B
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What vitamin deficiency is associated with glossitis and cheilosis
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vitamin B complex
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Thiamin
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b1
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riboflavin
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vitamin b2
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niacin
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nicotinic acid, b3
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pantothenic acid
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b5
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pyridoxine
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vitamin b6
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biotin
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no other name, biotin
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cobalamin
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vitamin b12
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T or F Absorption of B vitamins may be affected by alcohol intake
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TRUE
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Beriberi is caused by
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thiamin deficiency. It causes nerve degeneration, payalysis, heart failure
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A major source of riboflavin is
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milk
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deficiency of riboflavin
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cheilosis, stomatitis, glossitis
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