Module 8

Question 1

Micronutrients

Answer 1

Vitamins and minerals needed in small amounts, which prevent diseases and regulate life processes such as digestion, growth, muscle contraction, nerve impulses and vision.

Question 2

What is the purpose of all micronutrients?

Answer 2

Dietary defense against oxidative stress. Not all antioxidants are micronutrients

Question 3

Where is vitamin K made?

Answer 3

It is made sufficiently by the bacteria in the colon

Question 4

What is vitamin K important to?

Answer 4

Blood coagulation

Question 5

Which vitamin is responsible for absorption of minerals such as calcium in the intestine

Answer 5

Vitamin D

Question 6

What is Vitamin D crucial for?

Where do we get vitamin D from?

Answer 6

Bone health and fighting viruses

Source = sunshine

Question 7

Which Vitamin is vital for vision and where is it found?

Answer 7

Vitamin A, found in liver and yellow vegetables

Question 8

Which Vitamin is essential for making collagen and fighting infection?

Answer 8

Vitamin C

Question 9

What is deficiency of Vitamin C called?

Answer 9

Scurvy

Question 10

Which common vitamin is found in vegetable oils

Answer 10

Vitamin E

Question 11

Why is vitamin E important?

Answer 11

Vitamin E protects DNA and cell membranes and is necessary for enzyme function

Question 12

How many B complex vitamins are there?

Answer 12

8

Question 13

Are B complex vitamins water soluble or fat soluble?

Answer 13

Water soluble

Question 14

If people are missing vitamin B what can happen?

Answer 14

Mouth sores, anemia, fatigue, skin problems and bloodshot eyes

Question 15

What foods contain vitamin B?

Answer 15

Poultry, meat, seafood, and eggs

Question 16

How many B complex vitamins are there?

Are they water soluble?

Answer 16

There are 8 B complex vitamins

Yes, they are water soluble

Question 17

Which Vitamins are crucial in energy production, for the complex chemicals like DNA

Answer 17

Vitamin B complex vitamins

Question 18

Which vitamins help in production of red blood cells and a important for maintenance and repair of life processes ?

Answer 18

B Complex Vitamins

Question 19

What are the symptoms when a person is missing the B complex vitamins ?

Answer 19

Mouth sores, anemia, fatigue, skin problems and bloodshot eyes

Question 20

What foods contain B complex vitamins?

Answer 20

Protein foods, such as poultry meat, seafood and eggs. Whole grains and beans contain plenty as well

Question 21

What is a therapeutic dose?

Answer 21

A therapeutic dose is the amount of vitamins needed to cure a deficiency disease.

Question 22

True or false, certain vitamins are more likely to be missing in the human diet than others.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What happens if u digest too many fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 23

Excessive amounts of fat soluble vitamins can build up in the body fat to toxic levels and cause illness

Question 24

What is a mineral?

Answer 24

Minerals are elements found in the earth, drawn up with water into plant roots

Question 25

How many many macro minerals are needed in hundreds and thousands of milligrams every day

Answer 25

5 macro minerals are needed

Question 26

What is Zinc?

Answer 26

Zinc is a valuable antioxidant mineral not stored in the body which means it must be in the diet everyday

Question 27

Which mineral is needed more? Potassium or sodium? | Which mineral do people like more because of its flavor?

Answer 27

People need more potassium but sodium tastes better

Question 28

What is a trace mineral?

Answer 28

A trace mineral is a mineral needed in small amounts.

Question 29

Eating foods with which vitamin will increase the absorption of iron and zinc?

Answer 29

Foods with vitamin C

Question 30

What does fluoride do? Where is it usually found?

Answer 30

Fluoride prevents tooth decay and is present in city water.

Question 31

What does iodine do? Where is it found?

Answer 31

Iodine is needed for thyroid and is found mostly in iodized table salt

Question 32

Define antioxidants

Answer 32

Antioxidant is the general term for substances that disarm free radicals.

Question 33

What are free radicals?

Answer 33

Free radicals are harmful molecules produced by oxidation

Question 34

What is oxidative stress ?

Answer 34

The combined damage from oxidation in the body

Question 35

What is oxygen ?

Answer 35

The corrosive element that causes oxidation damage

Question 36

Name 5 specific examples of antioxidants

Answer 36

Vitamins A,C and E, and the minerals zinc and selenium👍🏼

Question 37

What is the most important antioxidants in the blood?

Answer 37

Uric acid

Question 38

What do antioxidants do?

Answer 38

Antioxidants are important in healing the body. They boost your ability to fight disease, mend wounds, and build physical endurance and fitness

Question 39

What are phytochemicals?

Answer 39

Plant chemicals that have an effect on the human body

Question 40

What does soluble fiber do?

Answer 40

Soluble fiber in food increases the time food stays in the stomach. It also increases the sensation of fullness and lowers bad LDL cholesterol

Question 41

Where is soluble fiber found?

Answer 41

In oatmeal and beans

Question 42

Where is insoluble fiber found?

Answer 42

In whole grains, tomatoes and broccoli

Question 43

Is fresh food better or frozen food better?

Answer 43

Fresh food is better

Question 44

What happens when food is canned or dried?

Answer 44

The heat used in the process of canning and drying causes delicate vitamins to be destroyed

Question 45

What do antimicrobials do? What is an example ?

Answer 45

They keep food from spoiling. Example: sulfur dioxide

Question 46

What do nitrites do?

Answer 46

The cure meat and preserve it from butolism

Question 47

What is botulism?

Answer 47

A form of food poisoning chased by Clostridium bacteria

Question 48

What enhances food quality?

Answer 48

Color, texture and flavor

Question 49

Name 2 natural color additives

Answer 49

Beet juice and grape skin extract

Question 50

What are artificial color additives?

Answer 50

Man-made colors for food usually made from petroleum or coal

Question 51

What do food texture additives do? Name 2 examples...

Answer 51

They make food more solid. Examples: arabic gum and carrageenan gum

Question 52

What do flavor additives do to food?

Answer 52

They enhance the flavor of the food

Question 53

What can MSG do to people who have a sensitivity to MSG?

Answer 53

It can cause headaches and discomfort.

Question 54

What do whole-grain foods contain?

Answer 54

They contain the starch, the germ and some of the bran from the original kernel of grain

Question 55

Why does a person feel hungry?

Answer 55

Because of a hormone called ghrelin is released from the digestive tract and travels to the brain’s hypothalamus

Question 56

What makes a food fortified?

Answer 56

A food becomes fortified when minerals and vitamins are added to the food for nutritional value