Vitamins

Question 1

Which vitamins dissolve in water ?

Answer 1

Water soluble

Question 2

What vitamins aren’t stored in the body ?

Answer 2

Water Soluble

Question 3

What vitamins need to be regularly replenished?

Answer 3

Water Soluble

Question 4

What vitamins are easily destroyed by air, light, and cooking

Answer 4

Water Soluble

Question 5

What is Pellagra caused by

Answer 5

Niacin deficiency

Question 6

What is Chilosis caused by

Answer 6

Riboflavin deficiency

Question 7

Name of Vitamin B2

Answer 7

Riboflavin

Question 8

What vitamin is also known as Phylloquinone

Answer 8

Vitamin K

Question 9

What is the best source of Vitamin D

Answer 9

Sunlight

Question 10

What is xerophthalmia caused by ?

Answer 10

Vitamin A deficiency

Question 11

What is xerophthalmia?

Answer 11

Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye

Question 12

Function of antioxidants ?

Answer 12

Protect cells from free radicals

Question 13

Function of Vitamin A ?

Answer 13

Vision, bone growth and development, reproduction and cell division

Question 14

How are free radicals formed?

Answer 14

When oxygen is combined with certain molecules

Question 15

What is blood coagulation?

Answer 15

Thickening of the blood

Question 16

What does prothrombin do ?

Answer 16

Permits proper clotting of the blood?

Question 17

How many years do it take for Vitamin E deficiency to present

Answer 17

5 - 10 years

Question 18

How is Vitamin E carried through the blood

Answer 18

lipoproteins

Question 19

Which vitamin pertains to tocopherols and tocotrienols

Answer 19

Vitamin E

Question 20

Which vitamin is commonly used in commerical food products to retard spoliage ?

Answer 20

Vitamin E

Question 21

What is the name for the active form of Vitamin A

Answer 21

Retinol

Question 22

A higher than normal rate of hemolysis can be caused by

Answer 22

Vitamin E deficiency

Question 23

newborns may be in danger of intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding within the head). if they are deficent in ..

Answer 23

Vitamin K

Question 24

Malabsorption of vitamin D can cause

Answer 24

serious neurological defects in children

Question 25

This Vitamin needs 900 mcg for men

Answer 25

Vitamin A

Question 26

How much is Retinol Equivalent

Answer 26

1ug retinol or 6ug of beta carotene

Question 27

International Units

Answer 27

5ug = 200 international units

Question 28

BEST sources of Vitamin A

Answer 28

Dark Green Leafy veggies, eggs, carrots

Question 29

What is the function of Vitamin D

Answer 29

regulation of the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, building/maintenance of bones, and prevention of TETANY