Micronutrients: Vitamins

Question 1

What is Vitamin A also known as ?

Answer 1

Retinol

Question 2

What animal foods is Vitamin A usually found in?

Answer 2

dairy, eggs, liver, kidneys, oily fish

Question 3

What does Vitamin A do in the body?

Answer 3

Healthy skin, gives ability to see in dim light, growth of children, healthy mucus membranes, antioxidant

Question 4

What happens when you have a deficiency of Retinol?

Answer 4

Dry skin and mucus membranes, night blindness, poor growth in children

Question 5

What happens if you have too much retinol?

Answer 5

it is poisonous, especially to unborn babies

Question 6

what plant foods is vitamin A normally found in?

Answer 6

green leafy veg, peas, orange/yellow/red vegetables and fruits BUT NOT ORANGES

Question 7

what is vitamin D3 also known as?

Answer 7

cholecalciferol

Question 8

what is vitamin D2 also known as?

Answer 8

ergocalciferol

Question 9

what vitamin is the synthetic form of ergocalciferol ?

Answer 9

vitamin D2

Question 10

what is the main source of Vitamin D?

Answer 10

sunlight on skin/ BIOGENESIS of vitamin D

Question 11

what are food sources of vitamin D?

Answer 11

oily fish, meat, eggs, butter, and fortified breakfast cereals

Question 12

what does vitamin D do in the body?

Answer 12

regulates absorption of calcium, amount of calcium ions made in the blood, healthy functioning of the immune system, involved in production of red blood cells

Question 13

what happens when you have a deficiency of cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol ?

Answer 13

bones weaken and bend (rickets in children)

Question 14

what is vitamin E also known as?

Answer 14

tocopherol

Question 15

what is Vitamin E found in?

Answer 15

soya corn oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds, whole wheat

Question 16

what does vitamin E do in the body?

Answer 16

antioxidant, helps prevent heart disease and certain cancers

Question 17

what is vitamin K also known as?

Answer 17

phylloquinone

Question 18

what food is vitamin K found in?

Answer 18

green leafy veg, liver, cheese and green tea

Question 19

what does vitamin K do?

Answer 19

helps blood clot after an injury

Question 20

what is vitamin B1 also known as?

Answer 20

thiamine

Question 21

what is vitamin B1 found in?

Answer 21

meat, dairy, eggs, vegetables, fruit, wholemeal bread, fortified breakfast cereals, flour

Question 22

what does vitamin b1 do in the body?

Answer 22

energy release from carbohydrates, nerve function and production of dna

Question 23

what happens when you have a deficiency in vitamin b1?

Answer 23

you can get a disease called beri-beri, affects nerves and muscles

Question 24

what is vitamin b2 also known as?

Answer 24

riboflavin

Question 25

what is vitamin B2 found in?

Answer 25

milk, dairy, eggs, fortified cereal, rice and mushrooms

Question 26

what does vitamin b2 do in the body?

Answer 26

energy realise from carbohydrates, fats and proteins, converts retinol to retinoic acid, converts tryptophan to niacin and is involved in the production of vitamin b6

Question 27

what happens if you are deficient in riboflavin ?

Answer 27

you get sore corners of the mouth

Question 28

what is niacin a group name for?

Answer 28

nicotinamide and nicotinic acid (used to be called vitamin b3)

Question 29

what is niacin found in?

Answer 29

beef, pork, wheat flour, maize flour, eggs and milk

Question 30

what does niacin do?

Answer 30

involved in metabolic reactions such as respiration

Question 31

what happens if you are deficient in niacin?

Answer 31

you can get a disease called pellagra, it gives you diarrhoea, dementia and dermatitis

Question 32

what is vitamin B5 also known as?

Answer 32

pantothenic acid

Question 33

what is vitamin b5 found in?

Answer 33

nuts, beans, liver, leafy green veg, milk, eggs, cereal grains and cauliflower

Question 34

what happens when you are deficient in pantothenic acid?

Answer 34

you get fatigued, insomnia, depression, stomach upsets

Question 35

what is vitamin b6 also known as?

Answer 35

pyridoxine

Question 36

what is vitamin b6 found in?

Answer 36

red meat, milk, bananas, green leafy veg, avocados, carrots, eggs, oily fish, nuts, corn, potatoes and beans

Question 37

what does vitamin b6 do?

Answer 37

involved in the metabolism of fatty acids, protein and glycogen and incorporating iron into haemoglobin

Question 38

what happens if you are deficient in vitamin b6?

Answer 38

cracks at corners of mouth, dry scaly lips, swollen tongue, depression, confusion, weakened immune function

Question 39

what is vitamin b7 also known as?

Answer 39

biotin

Question 40

what is vitamin b7 found in?

Answer 40

milk, oily fish, eggs, cheese, beans, mushrooms, cauliflower, nuts and liver

Question 41

what does vitamin b7 do?

Answer 41

involved in the production of fatty acids

Question 42

what happens when you are deficient in biotin?

Answer 42

hair loss, red rash on face, depression, lethargy, hallucinations,

Question 43

what is vitamin b9 also known as?

Answer 43

folate

Question 44

what is vitamin b9 found in?

Answer 44

green leafy veg, yeast extract, peas, chickpeas, asparagus, whole grain rice, fruits

Question 45

what does vitamin b9 do?

Answer 45

makes healthy red blood cells, helps repair dna, helps with metabolic reactions, especially in the growth of the foetus in pregnancy, helps prevent spinal cord defects in unborn babies

Question 46

what happens if you are deficient in vitamin b9?

Answer 46

you can get a disease called megaloblastic anaemia or spins bifida in newborn babies

Question 47

what is vitamin b12 also known as? oh

Answer 47

cobalamin

Question 48

what is vitamin b12 found jn?

Answer 48

liver, meat, fish, cheese, fortified cereals and yeast

Question 49

what does vitamin b12 do?

Answer 49

involved in the metabolism of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, production and control of dna, makes healthy red blood cells and makes healthy nerve cells

Question 50

what happens if you are deficient in vitamin b12?

Answer 50

you can get a disease called pernicious anaemia

Question 51

what is vitamin C also known as?

Answer 51

ascorbic acid

Question 52

what is vitamin C found in?

Answer 52

fruit and veg, citrus fruits, new potatoes, milk and liver

Question 53

what does vitamin C do?

Answer 53

involved in absorption of iron, production of collagen and is an antioxidant

Question 54

what happens if you are deficient in ascorbic acid?

Answer 54

you can get anaemia, bleeding under skin, loose teeth, wounds that do not heal and scurvy

Question 55

what are the fat soluble vitamins?

Answer 55

ADE and K (Annie’s dog eats kitkats)