vitamins and minerals

Question 1

what are vitamins

Answer 1

organic molecules needed in small quantities for normal metabolism and other biochemical functions, such as the growth or repair of tissue

Question 2

WHAT ARE THE ENZYMES

Answer 2

PROTEINS ARE SECRETED BY THE CELL. They act as a catalyst to induce chemical changes in other substance

Question 3

what s coenzymes

Answer 3

a substance that enhances or necessary for the action of enzymes

Question 4

What does vitamins and minerals do for the enzymes

Answer 4

It causes them to function properly because without the vitamins and minerals enzymes are usless.

Question 5

How does vitamins and minerals hel enzymes?

Answer 5

They act as coenzymes, binding to enzymes to activate the anabolic tissue building process in body

Question 6

Where do you get vitamins and minerals from?

Answer 6

natural sources from both plants and animals

Question 7

What can cause deficiencies in vitamins, minerals, electrolytes?

Answer 7

Various illnesses
extensive burns injuries,
AIDS
poor dietary intake
mental health disorder such as anorexia
GI malabsorption syndromes such as celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, Crohn’s disease

Question 8

what are water soluble vitamins

Answer 8

b-complex and vitamin c
can be dissolved in water
easily excreted in the urine
daily intake is required to prevent deficiencies
cannot be stored by the body over long periods

Question 9

what are fat soluble vitamins

Answer 9

vit A D E K
stored in the liver and fatty tissue
deficiencies occur only after prolonged deprivation from an adequate supply or from the disorder that prevents their absorption