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NUTR 3330 Midterm 1 Study Guide.
Macronutrients - Answers✔- carbs, fats, proteins
- needed in gram amounts
- provide energy
micronutrients - Answers✔- vitamins and minerals
- needed in milli- or micro-gram amounts
- do not provide energy
- necessary for macronutrient production
vitamin discovery - Answers✔- term coined by Casimir Funk
- vita=life, amine= N containing
vitamin definetion - Answers✔- organic compound
- natural component of food
- essential for normal physiological function
- specific deficiency syndrome
- not synthesized by the host in amounts adequate to meet normal physiological needs
types of vitamins - Answers✔- 14
- B vitamins (8)
- choline
- C, D, E, K, A
what is Beta Carotene? - Answers✔- Precursor to vitamin A, "pro-vitamin A"
- carotenoid
- orange/yellow colour
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- non-toxic; often used in multi vit supp.
How are vitamins classified? - Answers✔By solubility: fat and water.
water soluble vitamins? - Answers✔- vitamins B and C
- dissolve in H2O (hydrophilic)
- cannot be stored, daily supply needed
- move directly into blood; travel freely
- easily taken up & released by tissues
- excess amts excreted in urine
fat soluble vitamins? - Answers✔- Vitamins A, D, E, K
- cannot dissolve in H2O (hydrophobic)
- dissolve in dietary and body fat
- enter blood via lymph; need transport proteins
- can be stored (liver & body fat) daily supp. not v imp
- ^ concern with excess intake
how are vitamins organic? - Answers✔- contain carbon
- easily destroyed
- must be handled w care during storage & cooking especially:
> long heating destroys thiamin
> UV light destroys riboflavin
> O2 destroys vit C
metabolic functions of vitamins? - Answers✔- each performs specific function
> some by 1, some by multiple
- knowledge of normal function gives understanding of deficiency
general functions of vitamins? - Answers✔- coenzymes, intermediary pathways propelled by
enzymes that need these
> B vits, A, K, C
- H/e- acceptor/donors
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
NUTR 3330 Midterm 1 Study Guide.
Macronutrients - Answers✔- carbs, fats, proteins
- needed in gram amounts
- provide energy
micronutrients - Answers✔- vitamins and minerals
- needed in milli- or micro-gram amounts
- do not provide energy
- necessary for macronutrient production
vitamin discovery - Answers✔- term coined by Casimir Funk
- vita=life, amine= N containing
vitamin definetion - Answers✔- organic compound
- natural component of food
- essential for normal physiological function
- specific deficiency syndrome
- not synthesized by the host in amounts adequate to meet normal physiological needs
types of vitamins - Answers✔- 14
- B vitamins (8)
- choline
- C, D, E, K, A
what is Beta Carotene? - Answers✔- Precursor to vitamin A, "pro-vitamin A"
- carotenoid
- orange/yellow colour
1
, ©BRIGHTSTRS EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- non-toxic; often used in multi vit supp.
How are vitamins classified? - Answers✔By solubility: fat and water.
water soluble vitamins? - Answers✔- vitamins B and C
- dissolve in H2O (hydrophilic)
- cannot be stored, daily supply needed
- move directly into blood; travel freely
- easily taken up & released by tissues
- excess amts excreted in urine
fat soluble vitamins? - Answers✔- Vitamins A, D, E, K
- cannot dissolve in H2O (hydrophobic)
- dissolve in dietary and body fat
- enter blood via lymph; need transport proteins
- can be stored (liver & body fat) daily supp. not v imp
- ^ concern with excess intake
how are vitamins organic? - Answers✔- contain carbon
- easily destroyed
- must be handled w care during storage & cooking especially:
> long heating destroys thiamin
> UV light destroys riboflavin
> O2 destroys vit C
metabolic functions of vitamins? - Answers✔- each performs specific function
> some by 1, some by multiple
- knowledge of normal function gives understanding of deficiency
general functions of vitamins? - Answers✔- coenzymes, intermediary pathways propelled by
enzymes that need these
> B vits, A, K, C
- H/e- acceptor/donors
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