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20 Cards in this Set
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RE?
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Retinal equivelants
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IU
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international units
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RAE
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retinol activity equivelants
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UL
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upper level
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AI
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adequate intake
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what vitamins are fat soluble?
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ADEK
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which vitamins are water soluble?
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C and all B
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is considered taking in ten times what is needed
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megadose
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when vitamins are not excreted efficiently and buld up tissues
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hypervitamitosis
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plant and animal foods provide the most vitamins
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Nartural occuring
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Fat souble vitamins:
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dissolve i norganic solvents
not readily excreated absorbed alone with fat concern for people with fat malabsorption |
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what vitamin is physiologically known as retinol
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vitamin A
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sources for vitamin a
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animal products, dairy, carrots, green leafy veggies
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night blindness, intesteinal infections, impaired growth, xerophthalmia
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deficiency of vitamin A
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nausea, headach, fatigue, liver damage, peeling skin, joint pain
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excess vitamin A
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which vitamin is now considered a vitamin and a hormone?
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D
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may cause permanent, excessive bowing of the legs and is the result of low vitamin D
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ricketts
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soft bone, is the term for rickets in adults
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osteomalacia
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food sources for vitamin d
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fish, milk, some cereals,
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most people get their vitamin d from where?
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the sun
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