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Chapter 12: Fat-soluble vitamins Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 classes of vitamins?

A

1) water soluble

2) fat soluble

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2
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Examples of water-soluble vitamins

A

Vitamin B complex and C

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3
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Examples of fat-soluble vitamins

A

Vitamins A, D, E, and K

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4
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How much of fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed?

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40-90%

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5
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How much of water-soluble vitamins are absorbed?

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90+%

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6
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Where does the digestive process start for ALL vitamins?

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The stomach, the release of vitamins from food occurs

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7
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What aids the stomach in release of ALL vitamins from food?

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Digestive enzymes produced by the pancreas

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8
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Where are ALL vitamins absorbed?

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Small intestine

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9
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What aids the small intestine in fat-soluble vitamin absorption?

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Bile produced in the liver (stored in gall bladder)

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10
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What else is absorbed during fat-soluble vitamin digestion?

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dietary fat (along with the vitamins) are carried by the chylomicrons into the lymphatic circulations

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11
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Where in the body is vitamin K produced?

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Made by bacteria in the ileum of the small intestine and large intestine

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12
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What is the transport of vitamins based on?

A

Solubility

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13
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How are water soluble vitamins transported?

A

Into the portal vein

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14
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Where are fat-soluble vitamins stored in the body?

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In fat (adipose of liver)

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15
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Are water soluble vitamins stored?

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It is very limited except for B-6 and B12

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16
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What vitamins can be toxic in very high doses?

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A and D

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17
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What are retinoids?

A

active form of vit A

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18
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3 forms of retinoids:

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Retinal, retinol, and retinoic acid

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19
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Dietary sources of retinoids:

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liver, fish oils, fortified dairy products and eggs

20
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What are caroteinoids?

A

Provitamins which can be converted to Vit A

21
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Most common caroteinoid?

A

Beta-carotene

22
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Dietary sources of caroteinoids:

A

dark green and yellow-orange vegetables and fruit

23
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Where is most vitamin A stored in your body?

A

liver ~90%

24
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Which has lower absorption: carotenoids or retinoids?

A

carotenoid

25
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6 functions of vitamin A:

A

Growth and development, cell differentiation/signaling, vision, immune function, dermatology, antioxidents

26
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Vitamin A deficiencies can lead to:

A

blindness, night blindness, xerophthalmia, follicular hyperkeratosis

27
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Are carotenoids toxic?

A

no

28
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3 types of vitamin A toxicities:

A

acute, chronic, teratogenic

29
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Is vitamin D necessary?

A

Conditionally, not always

30
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What type of hormone in vitamin D?

A

prohormone (precursor to active hormone)

31
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Dietary sources of vitamin D

A

fatty fish, cod liver oil, fortified dairy products and breakfast cereals

32
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Does vitamin D follow AI or RDA standards?

A

AI (15 ug for adults)

33
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WHAT absorbs vitamin D?

A

chylomicrons

34
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What carries vitamin D?

A

Proteins in blood

35
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Where is vitamin D stored?

A

adipose (mostly) and liver

36
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how is vitamin D excreated?

A

bile or urine

37
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What regulates vitamin D metabolism?

A

parathyroid hormone (PTH)

38
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Functions of vitamin D

A

Calcium and phosphorus homeostasis, bone health, immune function, cancer?

39
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What does a deficiency in vitamin D cause in kids and in adults (2 diff things)

A

Kids- rickets

Adults- osteomalacia

40
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upper limit of vitamin D intake

A

100ug (toxic)

41
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Dietary sources of vitamin E:

A

plant oils, wheat germ, asparagus, almonds, peanuts, and sunflower seeds

42
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RDA of vit E:

A

15 mg

43
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How is vitamin E transported?

A

via chylomicrons from intestine (does not have a specific carrier protein in blood

44
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How is vitamin E excreted?

A

bile, urine, and skin

45
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Vitamin E functions:

A

antioxidant

46
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Effects of vitamin E deficiencies

A

hemolytic anemia

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