Vitamins
Minerals
Macronutrients
Food and Culture
The Amazing Body
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This vitamin can be absorbed through sun exposure. 

What is Vitamin D?

100

Vitamin C helps with absorption of this mineral.

What is Iron?

100

These are the 3 macronutrients. 

What are Proteins, Fats, and Carbohydrates?

100

This fruit, commonly thought of to be a vegetable, originated in South America and without it pizza would never be the same.

What are tomatoes?

100

The body “spits out” about 1.7 liters of this fluid every day.

What is saliva?

200

You can find this vitamin in citrus fruits, strawberries, kiwi, broccoli, and peppers.

What is Vitamin C?

200

Bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, citrus, legumes, and milk products are an excellent source of this mineral.

What is Potassium?

200

The body breaks down this macronutrient into amino acids.

What is protein

200

This spice mixture is commonly used in East Indian cooking.

What is curry?

200

The brain can only use this for energy.

What is glucose?

300

This vitamin is essential for vision and helps with skin health, growth, and reproduction.

What is Vitamin A?

300

Dairy products, leafy greens, and fortified foods such as orange juice are great sources of this mineral.  

What is Calcium?

300

This macronutrient is used for structural support of all cell membranes?

What is fat?

300

This Italian staple actually originated in China.

What is pasta?

300

This is the body's largest organ.

What is skin?

400

This Vitamin is found mostly in leafy greens.

What is Vitamin K?
400

This mineral has a role in wound healing, immunity, taste, smell and breakdown of all macronutrients.

What is Zinc?

400

This macronutrient helps in the absorption of certain vitamins.

What is fat?

400

These foods make up the traditional English dish of “bangers and mash”.  

What are sausages and potatoes?

400

These organs filter waste and excess water from the blood.

What are kidneys?

500

This group of vitamins is found in a variety of foods including whole grains, leafy green veggies, legumes, and animal products.

What are B Vitamins?

500

Along with calcium and phosphorus, this mineral, commonly found in nuts, legumes and chocolate, supports bone mineralization.

What is magnesium?

500

This macronutrient comes in "simple" and "complex" forms in our food.

What are carbohydrates?

500

This root vegetable, a close relative of parsley, originated in Afghanistan and was used for medicinal purposes.

What is the carrot?

500

These receptors in the body change as you grow older and may change how you experience certain foods.

What are taste buds?

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