Vitamins Vitamins Minerals Minerals Vitamins and Minerals
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Vitmains A, D, E, K
What are the fat-soluble vitamins?
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Free Radicals
Vitamins E acts throughout the body to capture and disarm what?
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Teeth and bones.
Nearly all the calcium in the body is found in...?
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Minerals that are only required in small amounts
What is a trace element?
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Zinc
Growth retardation, hair and skin problems and loss of taste sensitivity are cause by a deficiency in which mineral?
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B group Vitamins & Vitamin C
What are the water-soluable vitamins?
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Thiamin (B1)
Vegemite is full of which vitamin?
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Zinc
Which mineral is essential for growth and maturation?
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Iodine, zinc, copper, cobalt, manganese.
What is an example of a trace element?
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Sodium and Potassium
Responsible for the contracting and relaxing of muscles are which minerals?
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Releasing energy from carbohydrate, protein and lipids.
Riboflavin is an essential part of the process of...?
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Weak and bent bones.
What are the symptoms of vitamin D deficiency?
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Meat, organ meats, whole fish and egg yolk.
Haem iron is found in which foods?
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Sodium and potassium
Which 2 minerals depend on each other?
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No effect. They are excreted in urine
An excess of water-soluble vitamins has what effect on the body?
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Vitamins A
Helping to form the rod & cones cells in the retina is which vitamin?
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Vitamin C
Ascorbic acid is also known as vitamin...?
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Fluorine
Tooth decay can be caused by a lack of what in the diet?
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Salt
Sodium can be added into the body by using which seasoning?
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Vitamin C
Scurvy is a deficiency in which vitamin?
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Folate.
Which vitamin is important during pregnancy which helps prevent prematurity and neural tube defects?
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Niacin
The disease of the 'three D's' (diarrhoea, dementia & dermatitis) is caused by a deficiency in...?
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Plant foods.
Non-haem iron is found in which foods?
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Phosphorus
Which mineral binds with calcium to help make bones and teeth strong?
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Vitamin E
Which vitamin is a group of 8 different compounds called the tocopherols?






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