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Nutritional Principles in Nursing |
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Question:
What is a vitamin?
Answer:
organic dietary substance that is not energy producing
Question:
Vitamins are needed in very ____ quantities to produce metabolic function
(energy)
Answer:
, Question:
Vitamins cannot be synthesized by the ____, must be supplied by food
Answer:
body
Question:
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Answer:
A, D, E, K
Question:
Vitamin A
Answer:
also known as retinal or retinol as it has it's greatest effect on the eye in
adapting to changes in light
Question:
Vitamin D
Answer:
- Breast fed infants lack this vitamin and need supplementation
- Associated with calcium and helps build bone