Vitamins

Question 1

What are the 2 different categories of vitamins?

Answer 1

Fat soluble

Water soluble

Question 2

What do bile salts do?

Answer 2

Provide absorption of fat soluble vitamins

Question 3

Where do fat soluble vitamins accumulate and what is the effect if too much are taken?

Answer 3

Accumulate in various body tissues

too much can result in overdose conditions

Question 4

What are fat soluble vitamins not affected by?

Answer 4

Heat so are not destroyed through cooking

Question 5

What are B vitamins essential for?

Answer 5

Normal cellular metabolism

Question 6

What are B vitamins required for?

Answer 6

oxidation of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins

Question 7

What can happen to water soluble vitamins when cooking food?

Answer 7

can destroy some of the vitamins

Question 8

What is the least stable water soluble vitamin?

Answer 8

Vitamin C

Question 9

What is vitamin C necessary for?

Answer 9

collagen production

metabolism of some amino acids

Question 10

What can vitamin C promote?

Answer 10

iron absorption

synthesise some hormones from cholesterol