Exam 12: Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals

The vitamin that prevents beriberi is ________.

Fruits, vegetables, and protein foods are good sources of the mineral ________.

The mineral found in the body in the most abundance is ________.

Excess amounts of most fat-soluble vitamins are ________.

Toxicities from micronutrients usually occur from consuming large amounts of a specific food.

Excess amounts of most water-soluble vitamins are ________.

In general, excess amounts of water-soluble vitamins are excreted via the ________.

Cancers can metastasize to distant parts of the body via the blood or lymph to form invasive tumors.

Adding baking soda to vegetables during cooking helps preserve the nutrient content.

A leading cause of blindness in the world today (excluding accidents) is a dietary deficiency of ________.

This group of vitamins was originally thought to have only one chemical form; the different vitamins became distinguished by each having a number added to the name.

List 3 differences between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins.

Identify potential benefits of adding minerals to food products.

Which of the following does NOT describe a vitamin?

Supplements of the water-soluble vitamins ______ and _______ are most likely to cause toxicity symptoms.

Peeling and cutting apples just before eating, rather than too early, helps ________.

To help maintain the vitamin C and B-vitamin content of foods, which of the following food preparation methods should be used?

After absorption, the fat-soluble vitamins are distributed to body cells by ________.

List 2 characteristics of trace minerals.

Dietary supplements are tightly regulated by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).