Vitamins

Question 1

Fat Soluble Vitamins

Answer 1

• A,D,E,K
• Absorbed and stored
  
  • Concerns with toxicity
• NOT coenzymes

Question 2

Water Soluble Vitamins

Answer 2

• Everything except A,E,D,K
• Largely excreted in urine
• Usually coenzymes

Question 3

Vitamin A

Answer 3

• Carrots, kale, sweet potatoes
• Vision, immunity, growth
• Retinol - May protect against cancer

Question 4

Vitamin D

Answer 4

• Fish, eggs, liver
• Calcium absorption
• Rickets, osteomalacia

Question 5

Vitamin E

Answer 5

• Oils, fats
• Antioxidant, skin health
• Protects against free radicals

Question 6

Vitamin K

Answer 6

• Green leafy vegies
• Promotes coagulation
• Warfarin

Question 7

Vitamin B1

Answer 7

• Cereal
• Coenzyme
• Beri Beri
  
  • Mental confusion, paranoia, amnesia, psychosis

Question 8

Vitamin B2

Answer 8

• Riboflavin
• Liver, kidneys, heart, vegies
• Coenzyme

Question 9

Vitamin B6

Answer 9

• Pyroxine
• Meat, poultry, fish
• Coenzyme

Question 10

Vitamin B12

Answer 10

• Cyanocobalamin
• Meat, dairy, fish
• Coenzyme
• Pernicious anemia

Question 11

Vitamin C

Answer 11

• Ascorbic Acid
• Citrus fruit, melons brussel sprouts
• Cofactor
• Scurvy

Question 12

Niacin

Answer 12

• Meat, poultry, dairy
• Coenzyme
• Pellegra
  
  • corn based diets
  • Diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, death

Question 13

Folic Acid

Answer 13

• Liver, spinach
• Coenzyme
• Pregnancy, megaloblastic anemia, spina bifida

Question 14

Scurvy

Answer 14

• Malaise, lethargy
• Spots on skin, spongy gums, bleeding from mucus membranes
• Pallor, depression

Question 15

Pellegra

Answer 15

• Dermatitis
  
  • Skin peels off from sun exposure
• Diarrhea
• Dementia
• Death