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Test Bank For Nutrition for Sport Exercise and Health1st Edition By Marie Spano
What are the two ways that vitamins are absorbed by the body? - ANSWER: Fat
soluble and watersoluble
The human body can make these vitamins - ANSWER: D and K
What vitamins are fat soluble vitamins - ANSWER: A, D, E and K
What vitamins are Water Soluble vitamins - ANSWER: B and C (plus Biotin, Choline,
Folic Acid,Niacin)
What does Vitamin A do? - ANSWER: Helps with good vision, Helps make white
blood cells
What vitamin helps with vision - ANSWER: Vitamin A
What are antioxidants? - ANSWER: These are chemicals that help stop or limit
damage caused by free radicals in the body THEY stop oxidation
What are free radicals? - ANSWER: These are toxic biproducts that made from
oxygen metabolism. Free radicals are essential for health but can be damaging when
they go into overdrive
Food sources of Vitamin A - ANSWER: Mango, Spinach, Cantaloupe, Seaweed, Red
Bell Peppers
What is the most important source of provitamin A - ANSWER: Beta-Carotene
Which Vitamins are humans rarely deficient in? - ANSWER: Vitamin AB,C, E, K
Which vitamins can have toxicity affects - ANSWER: Vitamin A - toxicity leads to liver
damage, dry lips, muscle and joint pain
Vitamin D - Excess can be stored can cause kidney stones
What is a steroid hormone that promotes calcium absorption and is associated with
Vitamin D - ANSWER: calcitriol
What does Vitamin D do for a human - ANSWER: gathers calcium and phosphorus to
help nomral bone mineralization reduces inflammation
Tanning beds ARE or ARE NOT a safe way to get Vitamin D - ANSWER: ARE NOT
, Food Sources of Vitamin D - ANSWER: Liver, Salmon, Cod Liver Oil, Egg Yolks,
Fortified Milk
Which vitamin supplements should be taken with a meal that contains fat to help
with absorption - ANSWER: Vitamin D
Which Vitamin are humans commonly Deficient in - ANSWER: **Vitamin D (the
most), calcium, potassium and iron
Whose is usually more deficient in Vitamin D and why - ANSWER: African American
82%, Hispanics 69% all Americans 41% as Darker Skin reduces the bodies ability to
produce vitamin D after exposure to the sun
Which Vitamin can the body produce more of with exposure to the sun - ANSWER:
Vitamin D
How often should testing for Vitamin D deficiency be done and why? - ANSWER:
Twice a year, as exposure to sunlight plays a large role
What does Vitamin D affect in athletes? - ANSWER: Type II fast twitch fibers for
jumping and sprinting
What vitamins are related to risk of infectious illnesses - ANSWER: Vitamin D and
Vitamin C
What Vitamin shows evidence of a connection to stress fractures and muscle strains
or tears - ANSWER: Vitamin D
What vitamin helps prevent oxidative damage to the fats in cell membranes (acts like
and antioxidant to prevent damage from Free Radicals) - ANSWER: Vitamin E
Food Sources of Vitamin E - ANSWER: Sunflower Oil, Safflower Oil, Wheat Germ Oil,
almonds, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts
What vitamin helps with the ability to blood clot - ANSWER: Vitamin K
Food Sources of Vitamin K - ANSWER: Asparagus, Plums, Leafy Greens, Cheddar
Cheese. Dark Chicken Meat, Pine nuts, Cashews
Which type of Vitamins need to be replenshed everyday water soluble or fat
soluble? - ANSWER: water soluble
What type of vitamins are not stored in the body and have to be consume regularly?
- ANSWER: Water Soluble
What happens to the excess of water soluble vitamins? - ANSWER: excreted in the
urine
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