BIOD 121 (portage) Module 4: Vitamins and Minearls Questions & 100% Correct AnswersLatest Test | Graded A+ | Passed
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BIOD 121
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BIOD 121
Vitamins
-:- organic compounds that the body needs in small amounts, almost exclusively
obtained through the diet.
Function of vitamines?
-:- help regulate and support a variety of processes related to digestion, absorption,
metabolism, and body regulations.
Yield no energy:
-:- vitamin...
✓ -:- During manufacturing of food, some nutrients are lost.
Enrichment:
✓ -:- the process of taking nutrients that were lost in the milling or processing of the
food and adding them back to the final product
Fortification
✓ -:- process of supplementing a product with additional vitamins that would not
normally be in that product (i.e. putting vitamin D in orange juice or adding vitamins
to cereal)
Vitamins can be classified as:
✓ -:- fat soluble or water soluble
Fat-soluble vitamins:
✓ -:- dependent on dietary fat for absorption. Once absorbed they are stored in
adipose tissue and liver.
Vitamins A, D, E, and K are:
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