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micro nutrients are?
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Non-energy producing nutrients
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vitamins are?
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Essential nutrients needed in tiny amounts.
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Before fat soluble nutrients enter the blood steam, what do they go through first?
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Fat soluble nutrients go through the lymph system before entering the blood steam.
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Do water soluble nutrients go through the lymph system?
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No they go directly into the blood steam.
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What are the four fat soluble nutrients?
And where are they stored? |
A,D,E,K
All Dogs Eat Kittens These nutrients are stored in fat cells. |
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What are the best foods for Vitamin A?
What does vitamin A help protect against? |
Animal foods are best for Vitamin A.
They are most helpful with protecting against disease and supporting the immune system.(Beta Carotine makes it an orange color) |
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Where does Vitamin D come from and what does it protect against?
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Comes from sunlight, not essential for our diet. Helps absorb calcium essential in bone formation. Deficiency is RICKETTS a bone disease. (Sign is rounded bloated belly)
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Is vitamin E an antioxidant?
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Yes and its effect is critical to the lungs. Deficiency is rare and toxicity is not a problem
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Where do we get Vitamin E?
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Green leafy vegetables
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Where is Vitamin K obtained?
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Non-food sources such as supplements.
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What is a deficiency of vitamin K?
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Hemorrhagic disease (blood disease) Jondis and brain disease. Toxicity is rare but fatal.
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What vitamins are water soluble?
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Vitamin B's and C's carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
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How should you cook Vitamin B?
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Steam or microwave because since they are water soluble boiling water will dissolve a lot of the vitamins.
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Where can you get Riboflavin? What kills Riboflavin?
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Leafy and whole grains. Riboflavin is killed by milk
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Description of Biotin? (Vitamin B)
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Deficiency is rare but signs are hair loss, depression
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Description of B6? (Vitamin B)
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Amino and fatty acids. They help red blood cells, they are not urinated so can reach toxic levels.
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What does Folate help out with?
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Helps with DNA synthesis, new cell formation
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How much Folate should a pregnant women ingest daily?
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4mg (Leafy Greens)
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What do you need more of fat or water soluble?
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More water vitamins are necessary. Too much fat solubles turn to toxicity.
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What is a lack of Niacin called?
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Pellagra you can get Niacin from most meats and peanuts.
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description of B12?
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Not an antioxidant. Lack of B12 is Pernicious anemia. Get B12 from animal derived products, biotin and pintobin acid as well.
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What does vitamin C do to the skin?
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It is a collagen formation and helps ferm and tone skin.
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What does Vitamin C do inside the body?
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Prevents destruction of cells and helps absorb iron.
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What is Scurvy?
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Deficiency of Vitamin C bleeding gums, rough skin. Too much increases risk of kidney stones and diarrhea.
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How many milligrams a day does a male and female need? Vitamin C
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male 90mg
females 70mg |
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What are the vitamin/mineral relationships?
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calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D
Vitamin C and Iron Folate and Vitamin B12 (nerve damage) |
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When picking supplements what do you look for?
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Do not just look at the picture, read the labels see if the company paid another company to check the product. FDA does not check the supplement unless illness reported.
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Does Vitamin E do more damage then help?
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Yes, Vitamin E does more harm than good.
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Where are diet antioxidants best found?
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Best found in foods not supplements.
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What are coenzymes?
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Coenzymes help enzymes function
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What do the following Vitamins =
A,E,B6,B12 and K? when active |
Vitamin A=Retinol
Vitamin E=Tocopherol B6= Pyrocinine B12= Cyanocobalamin Vitamin K= Quinone |
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How often should one consume water soluble vitamins?
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Everyday
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How much Vitamin A daily should a male and female consume?
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Male=900mg
Females=700mg |
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What do the following Vitamins=
Vitamin D, Vitamin B, B2, B3? |
Vitamin D=cholercalserol
Vitamin B= thiamine B2= riboflavin B3= niacin |
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Where are fat solubles stored?
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Liver
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What does Fortified Milk have in it?
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Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and riboflavin
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What does Canola oil provide the body with?
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Vitamin E(bad), and Vitamin K
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A person with macrocytic defect has a deficient of what?
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Macrocytic people have a deficient of folate(B12)
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What is a function of Vitamin C?
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synthesize collagen
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Some symptoms of B6 deficiency?
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depression, dormant, confusion, mostly found in alcoholics.
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deficiency of Vitamin A can result in?
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Veratinization of epithelial cells
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Pork Chops and enriched cereal can supply us with what B vitamins?
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B1, B2, B3
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What percent of RDA Vitamin C is bad
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50%
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What label do you want to check for when buying supplements?
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a USP label showing the product has been checked and verified.
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How to classify a vitamin?
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Absences from the diet will result in deficiency symptoms
Non caloric (not energy yielding) |
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Is toxicity common in water or fat soluble vitamins?
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Fat it is uncommon in water soluble
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What interferes with the fat soluble vitamins absorption?
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fat mal-absorption interferes
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just so there all on one card. All the water soluble B vitamins
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B complex;
Thiamin B1 (TENDER) Riboflavin B2 (ROMANCE) Niacin B3 (NEVER) Folate (FAILS) Pyridoxine B6 Cobalamine B12 Biotin (BEAUTIFUL) Pantothenic acid (PEARLS) |
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What are the antioxidants?
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Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, and Selenium
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What do antioxidants do?
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All help the body resist oxidation which may combat heart disease, cancer, macular degeneration and premature aging
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