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Your Answer:
True or False. If False, explain why it is false.
Vitamins help to regulate and support a variety of processes including
digestive processes, absorption and being an energy source.
False, vitamin does not yeild energy to the cells.
False, Vitamins help to regulate and support a variety of
processes including digestive processes, absorption and
metabolism.
OR
Vitamins are not an energy source for cells.
Question 2 4 / 4 pts
Your Answer:
True or False. If False, explain why it is false.
The majority of the essential vitamins are not synthesized by the body
and must be consumed in the diet.
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true
True
Question 3 4 / 4 pts
Your Answer:
Explain the process of Fortification.
is a process where vitamin and nutrients are added to product, which
normaly it would not have them, like adding vitamin to milk and orange
juice.
Fortification is the process of supplementing a product with
vitamins that would not normally be in the food product.
Question 4 4 / 4 pts
Which of the following are considered fat soluble vitamins? Choose all
that apply.
Vitamin B
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Vitamin C
Vitamin A Correct!
Vitamin E Correct!
Question 5 3 / 4 pts
Your Answer:
The form of vitamin A found in plant sources is called __1__, whereas
the form of vitamin A found in animal sources is called __2__.
1- vitamin A from plants is called provitamin A
2-vitamin A from animal flesh is called preformed vitamin A
1. Carotenoids
2. Retinal or Retinol
Question 6 4 / 4 pts
A friend recently had her annual physical, and her doctor informed her
that her Vitamin A levels were too low. As a nurse, she comes to you for
advice on what foods to consume to increase her vitamin A intake.
Provide 4 examples of foods that are rich in preformed Vitamin A.
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Your Answer:
1- fish, fish oil, dairy like milk, eggs.
All of the following are good sources of preformed Vitamin Aliver, fish, fish oils, fortified milk, yogurt and eggs
Question 7 4 / 4 pts
Match the following vitamins with the correct statement or deficiency.
Vitamin K Small amounts of this vitamin are synthesized in the inteCorrect!
Vitamin D Osteomalacia is the result of inadequate intake of ______Correct!
Vitamin E The chemical name of this vitamin is Tocopherol Correct!
Retinal Helps the eye adjust from bright light to dim light. Correct!
Question 8 4 / 4 pts
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Your Answer:
True or False. If false, explain why it is false.
The B complex vitamins and vitamin C have minimal storage in the
body and must be consumed daily.
true, they are water soluble vitamin
True
Question 9 4 / 4 pts
Your Answer:
Define the term bioavailability.
is the rate the body's absorption of the nutrients and degree wich
nutrients are available to the body.
The amount of a substance (like a vitamin) that is absorbed
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