Overview of Micronutrients

Question 1

Which food is said to be the new superfood?

Answer 1

Raw liver

Question 2

What is a carbon-containing substances needed in large amounts by the body for energy ?

Answer 2

Macronutrients

Question 3

What is needed in small amounts by the body?

Answer 3

Micronutrients

Question 4

What are the 2 different types of micronutrients?

Answer 4

Vitamins and Minerals

Question 5

What are carbon-containing larger molecules?

Answer 5

Vitamins

Question 6

Are vitamins essential?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Why are vitamins essential?

Answer 7

They can’t be synthesized by body

Question 8

Which vitamin isn’t considered to be essential?

Answer 8

Vitamin D

Question 9

Are people likely to experience toxicity from food sources of vitamins?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Why aren’t people likely to experience toxicity from food sources of vitamins?

Answer 10

It’s hard to reach the upper limit

Question 11

When do people suffer toxicity symptoms from food sources of vitamins?

Answer 11

When their intakes exceed the upper limit

Question 12

What are minerals?

Answer 12

Salt

Question 13

Are minerals essential?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What are the 3 categories of minerals?

Answer 14

1. Major
2. Trace
3. Ultratrace

Question 15

What are 3 examples of major minerals that are major cellular ions?

Answer 15

Sodium, potassium, and chloride

Question 16

What type of minerals are the most abundant minerals in the body?

Answer 16

Major minerals

Question 17

What are the 7 major factors that affect the bioavailability of minerals?

Answer 17

1. Age
2. Gender
3. Genetic Variables
4. Nutritional Status
5. Other Dietary Components
6. Prescription Drugs
7. Fiber Content of Diet

Question 18

Are minerals better absorbed from animal or plant foods?

Answer 18

Animal Foods

Question 19

Why are minerals better absorbed from animal foods?

Answer 19

It’s easier to get it from your intestine

Question 20

Give an example of plant foods that contain chemicals that affect mineral absorption.

Answer 20

Iron

Question 21

How does phytic acid and oxalic acid affect mineral absorption?

Answer 21

They decrease the absorption of Calcium, Magnesium and Iron

Question 22

How does the body’s need for a mineral affect the absorption of that mineral?

Answer 22

Your body adapts the amount you absorb based on how much you need

Question 23

How does fiber affect mineral absorption?

Answer 23

It binds to them and get in the way of absorption

Question 24

What are the two categories of vitamins?

Answer 24

Fat soluble and water soluble

Question 25

Which type of vitamins are not found in food?

Answer 25

Water soluble

Question 26

Where are fat soluble vitamins found?

Answer 26

In the fat content of food

Question 27

Are fat soluble vitamins or water soluble vitamins more likely to have toxicity?

Answer 27

Fat soluble vitamins are more likely to have toxicity

Question 28

Why are water soluble vitamins less likely to have toxicity?

Answer 28

They are not stored in the body

Question 29

How are water soluble vitamins released?

Answer 29

Through urination

Question 30

Which form of vitamins and minerals are incomplete?

Answer 30

Synthetic form

Question 31

Which form of vitamins and minerals are not as bioavailable?

Answer 31

Synthetic form

Question 32

What do vitamins and minerals have to do if they are incomplete?

Answer 32

They have to "build" a complete vitamin complex by adding the missing factors

Question 33

Why do synthetic vitamins sometimes create an overall deficiency in the body?

Answer 33

The "building" process depletes the body's nutritional reserves

Question 34

Will taking supplements make up for a poor diet?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

What are the two different types of supplementation that are the most effective?

Answer 35

Maintenance supplementation and Therapeutic supplementation

Question 36

What involves supplementing with selected micronutrients that are difficult to obtain even in the context of a nutrient-dense diet?

Answer 36

Maintenance supplementation

Question 37

What involves using supplements for a specific purpose for a specific period of time?

Answer 37

Therapeutic supplementation

Question 38

Do you take maintenance supplementation temporarily or for life?

Answer 38

You take it for life in small doses

Question 39

Do you take therapeutic supplementation temporarily or for life?

Answer 39

You take it temporarily

Question 40

What is an example of maintenance supplementation?

Answer 40

Magnesium

Question 41

What is an example of therapeutic supplementation?

Answer 41

Vitamin D

Question 42

What are 4 examples of major minerals for bone health?

Answer 42

Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, and Sulfur

Question 43

What are 5 examples of trace minerals?

Answer 43

Iron, Zinc, Iodide, Copper, and Fluoride