NUTRITION 400 Exam 3 Questions And Answers Rated A+
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NUTRITION 400 Exam 3 Questions And Answers Rated A+
Water Soluble Vitamins ANS Are organic, essential, needed more often, and not very toxic
What vitamins are water soluble vitamins? ANS Vitamin C and the Bs
What vitamins act as coenzymes in the body? ANS B vitamins
What do coenzymes d...
NUTRITION 400 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
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Water Soluble Vitamins ANS Are organic, essential, needed more often, and not very toxic
What vitamins are water soluble vitamins? ANS Vitamin C and the Bs
What vitamins act as coenzymes in the body? ANS B vitamins
What do coenzymes do? ANS activated enzymes and help our body get energy from
carbohydrate proteins
Thiamin - B1 ANS Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Berberi, Wenike, Korsakoff
Food Sources: Pork, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to heat, H2O, and oxidation
Riboflavin - B2 ANS Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Ariboflavinois
Food sources: Milk, liver, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to sunlight
Niacin - B3 ANS Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Pellagra (3-Ds)
Food sources: Meats, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Heat stable
What drug is related to Wernike-Korsakoff syndrome? ANS alcohol abuse
, High quality (complete) proteins are found in what food sources? ANS Dairy foods
Folate ANS Functions: help form DNA, metabolis amino acids, and the formation of
neurotransmitters.
Food sources: leafy greens, avocado, beans, oj
Enriched: yes
Activated by B12: yes
Unstable in cooking
Deficiency: mild: headache, nausea.
severe: impaired absorption
Macrocytic Anemia ANS caused by Folate or B12 (a lack of either prevents red blood cells from
maturing)
Neural tube defects ANS deficiency in folate
Vitamin B12 ANS Functions: formation of blood, folate metabolism, homocysteine metabolism,
maintains myelin sheaths.
Food sources: mostly animal products
Deficiency: lack of HCl = atrophic gastritis. lack of intrinsic factor = pernicious anemia
Vitamin C ANS *water soluble antioxidant (prevents free radical damage)
food source: fruits, veges, brussel sprouts, beans
Functions: antioxidant activity, immune function, iron absorption, collagen synthesis
Deficiency: scurvy
Toxicity: high amounts excreted in urine, nausea, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, hemochromatosis
What is oxidation? ANS The loss of electrons.
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