SAS#8 Flashcards
Can cause blindness
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
Lack of niacin can cause
DEMENTIA
Lack of vitamin d can
RETIRED BONE GROWTH
Vitamins are available from foods in inactive forms known as
PRECURSORS OR PROVITAMINS
Prolong heating may destroy much of the
THIAMIN in the food
Can be destroyed by the ultraviolet rays of the sun or by the fluorescent light
RIBOFLAVIN
Food is stored in _______are most likely to lose riboflavin
TRANSPARENT GLASS CONTAINERS
___destroys vitamin c
OXYGEN
Vitamins for naturally into 2 classes
FAT SOLUBLE AND WATER SOLUBLE
The water soluble vitamins are the
VITAMIN B COMPLEX
VITAMIN C
Fat-soluble ones are vitamins
A
D
E
K
Has the distinction of being the first fat soluble vitamins to be recognized
VITAMIN A
Three different forms of vitamin a are active in the body
RETINOL
RETINAL
RETINOIC ACID
Supports reproduction and is the major transport and storage form of the vitamin;
RETINOL
Is active in vision
RETINAL
Act as a hormone, regulating cell differentiation growth and embryonic development.a special transport protein, retinol-binding protein, picks up retinol from the liver where it is stored and carries it in the blood
RETINOIC ACID
Is not an essential nutrient
VITAMIN D
Vitamin d comes into major forms
VITAMIN D2
D3
Derived primarily from plant foods in the diet
V. D2
Derived from animal foods in a diet and from synthesis in the skin
V. D3
Compound name of vitamin e
TOCOPHEROL
Has long been known for its role in blood clotting
V. K
Vitamin k appropriately gets its name from the danish word
KOAGULATION
This vitamins found in the watery compartments of foods are distributed into water filled compartment of the body
V B COMPLEX
V. C
