Nutrition

Question 1

Dietary components often referred to as vitamins and minerals. Most of these are not produced in the body and must be derived from the diet

Answer 1

Micronutrients

Question 2

A group of organic nutrients required in small quantities for a variety of biochemical functions

Answer 2

Vitamins

Question 3

The two types of vitamins

Answer 3

Fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins

Question 4

Fat-soluble retinoids. It is found preformed (retinoids) in animal products or in precursor form (carotenoids) from plant foods

Answer 4

Vitamin A

Question 5

A vitamin produced endogenously when UV rays from sunlight strike the skin and helps the bones

Answer 5

Vitamin D

Question 6

The collective name for a group of fat-soluble compounds with distinctive antioxidant activities. It exists in eight naturally occurring forms

Answer 6

Vitamin E

Question 7

The only form of vitamin E recognized to meet human requirements

Answer 7

a-tocopherol

Question 8

It was discovered as a result of investigations into the cause of a bleeding disorder in some animals on a fat-free diet and has three different forms

Answer 8

Vitamin K

Question 9

Present primarily in green leafy vegetables and is the main dietary form of vitamin K

Answer 9

Phylloquinone (vitamin K1)

Question 10

Made by the bacteria that line the gastrointestinal tract and also found in fermented foods

Answer 10

Menaquinones (vitamin K2)

Question 11

The synthetic form of vitamin K

Answer 11

Menadione (vitamin K3)