ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
List vitamins that are antioxidants - CORRECT ANSWER Vitamins C and Vitamin E
List Fat soluble vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER Vitamins A, D, E, K
What are the best food sources for Vitamin A and what is its major functions? - CORRECT ANSWER
Liver and fish liver oils; Yellow-orange and green fruits and vegetables
-Normal vision, reproduction, and cellular growth
-Immune system activity
-Epithelial cell production, maturation, and maintenance
What are the best food sources for Vitamin D and what is its function? - CORRECT ANSWER
Milk, Supplement, Ultraviolet light (sunlight)
- Increases calcium & phosphate deposits in bone
- reduces urinalysis calcium excretion
- increases calcium & phosphate absorption
What are the best food sources for Vitamin E and what is its function? - CORRECT ANSWER
Plant products and oils; wheat germ
-antioxidant
-May help prevent chronic diseases: atherosclerosis, cataracts
What are the best food sources for Vitamin K and what is its function? - CORRECT ANSWER
Green leafy vegetables
-Blood clotting
-Bone health
, Signs of deficiency for Vitamin A - CORRECT ANSWER Night Blindness (inability to see in
dim light), Xerophthalmia ("dry eye")
Signs of deficiency for Vitamin D - CORRECT ANSWER Rickets: results in soft bones that do
not grow properly and become deformed
Signs of deficiency for Vitamin E - CORRECT ANSWER Impaired immune system function;
nerve damage
Signs of deficiency for Vitamin K - CORRECT ANSWER May occur in newborns, people
with impaired
absorption or liver function, or people on long-term antibiotic therapy
Riboflavin (B2): best food sources and signs of deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER Dairy
foods, liver, enriched grains
- Inflammation of mouth and tongue
- Dermatitis within two months of deficiency
Folate: best food sources and deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER Leafy green vegetables, liver,
legumes, asparagus, broccoli and oranges
-Red blood cells become immature and abnormal, causing a sort of anemia
-Neural Tube Defects in newborn children
Thiamin: best food sources and body functions - CORRECT ANSWER Pork, whole grains,
cereals, enriched grains/flour
-Metabolism of certain amino acids
-synthesis of neurotransmitters
Niacin (B3): best food sources and signs of deficiency - CORRECT ANSWER Liver, enriched
grains
Pellagra and it's symptoms:
- Dermatitis
- Diarrhea