Vitamins And Minerals

Question 1

Define vitamins and minerals

Answer 1

Vitamins are organic components in food that are needed in very small amounts for growth and for maintaining good health

Mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formula, that is ally solid and inorganic and has a crystal structure

Question 2

Which vitamin is responsible for blood clot formation?

Answer 2

Vitamin K

Question 3

What is Vitamin E responsible for?

Answer 3

Antioxidant

Question 4

Which vitamin works as a coenzyme?

Answer 4

Vitamin B

Question 5

Which vitamin works a steroid hormone?

Answer 5

Vitamin D (can be synthesized from cholesterol)

Question 6

What are the most important minerals?

Answer 6

Calcium, sodium, and magnesium

Question 7

What is the effect of Iron in hemoglobin?

Answer 7

Oxygen transport

Question 8

Vitamin A (Retinol)

Answer 8

Fat soluble; Beta carotene broken down into retinol; forms visual pigment for reception of light in eye