Nutrients
Where are most of the micronutrients your body needs are absorbed?
What is the Small Intestines?
What disease comes from a deficiency of Vitamin C?
What is scurvy?
What disease is due to a lack of calcium intake in the bones?
What is osteoporosis?
What organs does food never pass through, but are important in aiding digestion?
What is the gall bladder, liver, salivary glands, and pancreas?
What is a chemical substance the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy?
What is a vitamin?
What vitamin is necessary for your blood to clot?
What is Vitamin K?
What disease is a deficiency of iron?
What is anemia?
What are the building blocks of protein?
What is amino acids?
What are two examples of micronutrients?
What are vitamins and minerals?
What vitamin cannot be dissolved in fat but can be dissolved in water?
What is a water-soluble vitamin?
What part do your teeth play in digestion?
What is they crush, tear, and grind food into little pieces.
What part of the digestive system does the most absorption occur?
What is the small intestine?
What are the two type of vitamins?
What is fat-soluble or water soluble?
Name the fat-soluble vitamins?
Vitamin A D E and K
The US Government has issued an RDA for each vitamin. What does RDA stand for?
What is Recommended Daily Allowance? This is the minimum requirement for good health, and give you guidance as to how much of any particular vitamin you need.
What happens to bacteria when it hits your stomach?
The acid kills it. Bacteria cannot live in the stomach because of the stomach acid.
What vitamin cannot be dissolved in water and only in fat?
What is a fat-soluble vitamin?
Name the water-soluble vitamins?
What are Vitamin C, B group (B1-12)
What is something that does not change the chemical nature of the food but makes it smaller when we are talking about digestion called?
What is physical digestion?
What does the gall bladder do to help digestion?
The gall bladder injects bile into the small intestine and helps digest fats. Without a gallbladder you usually need to reduce the fat in your diet.