This vitamin helps you to heal. It also helps your immune system to stay healthy.
What is Vitamin C?
100
This mineral makes up most of our bones.
What is calcium?
100
This is an example of a carbohydrate that gives you only energy (no fiber or other nutrients). It is also called a sugar.
What is a simple carbohydrate?
100
This is the place where digestion starts.
What is the mouth?
100
This is the disease caused by a lack of vitamin C. It is often associated with pirates.
What is Scurvy?
200
This vitamin helps your body with vision. It helps to prevent night blindness.
What is Vitamin A?
200
This mineral is found in toothpaste and specially treated water. It helps build strong teeth.
What is flourine/flouride?
200
This is a carbohydrate that has energy plus other nutrients (fiber, vitamins, etc.). It is often called a starch.
What is a complex carbohydrate?
200
In this part of the digestive system, all nutrients except water are absorbed.
What is the small intestine?
200
This is the nutrient that prevents diverticulitis and diverticulosis (inflamed pockets of fecal matter in the large intestine)
What is fiber?
300
This vitamin works with Calcium to help build strong bones. It is often added to milk. Humans can make this vitamin if they get enough sunlight.
What is Vitamin D?
300
This mineral prevents anemia. It helps transport blood from the lungs to the rest of the body.
What is iron?
300
Carbohydrates are found only in this type of food.
What are plant foods?
300
This is the organ where food is churned up and mixed with chemicals to break it up.
What is the stomach?
300
The liver produces this chemical, which helps the body digest fat. This chemical is also stored in the gall bladder.
What is bile?
400
This vitamin helps blood to clot. It is produced by bacteria in the intestines.
What is Vitamin K?
400
This is the mineral that helps your heart keep a steady rhythm.
What is potassium?
400
This is the only job of carbohydrates in the body.
What is to provide energy?
400
This is the part of the digestive system that absorbs water and any remaining nutrients
What is the large intestine?
400
This disease was studied by Dr. Goldberger in the south. It develops when a person does not get enough vitamin B3 (niacin). It has four main Ds--diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death.
What is pellagra?
500
This vitamin, often called cobalamin, is only found in animal products. It is often missing from vegan's diets.
What is Vitamin B-12?
500
This mineral helps prevent goiter. It helps the thyroid and is often added to table salt.
What is iodine?
500
A grain that contains all 3 layers of the kernel is called this.
What is a whole grain?
500
This is the name of the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach
What is the esophagus?
500
This is the name of the chemical that tells your cells to let in glucose (blood sugar). It is produced in the pancreas.