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Deficiency in the water soluble vitamins __________ and ___________
contribute to anemia and a deficiency in ____________ causes pellagra - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔B12, Folate, and Niacin
All of these statements are true EXCEPT which one? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Vitamins are essential, caloric nutrients that are needed in tiny amount
T/F: Active forms of vitamin A that are readily absorbed in the body are only
found in foods derived from animals. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
, Which statement is true of vitamin C? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Vitamin C acts as
an antioxidant
T/F: B12 supplements mask a folate deficiency - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False;
Folate supplements mask a B12 deficiency.
Compounds that when consumed are converted into active vitamins are
______________________, also called provitamins - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔precursors
What are the fat soluble vitamins? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A, D, E, K
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the fat-soluble vitamins? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Toxicities are unlikely, even when taking supplements.
Vitamin A and Vitamin ____ are fat-soluble vitamins that act like hormones
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔D
The nutrient needed for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins is - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔fat
The plant derived precursor to vitamin A is ____-__________ - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Beta-Carotene