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Vitamins 101
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Energy Balance
Water-Soluble Vitamins
Healthy Eating
100
Organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen or other elements
What is Vitamin
100
Fat-soluble vitamins
What is Vitamins A,D,E,K
100
Has replaced traditional weight-height calculations that were used to determine "ideal" or "desirable" body weight but does not take body composition into account
What is Body Mass Index (BMI)
100
This vitamin is unique because milk and dairy products contribute the most of this vitamin to the diet
What is riboflavin
100
Primarily for professional use because they deal with quantities of nutrients as opposed to amounts of food
What is Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
200
Discovered as the first vitamin in 1913
What is Thiamin
200
condition where carotene is stored primarily in adipose tissue and may accumulate under the skin to the extent that it causes skin color to turn yellowish-orange
What is hypercarotenemia
200
This vale accounts for approximately 60% of total calories expended and estimating for this value you multiply healthy weight (in pounds) by 10 for women and 11 for men
What is Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
200
Pellagra is a disorder caused by severe deficiency of this vitamin and is rare in the U.S. and usually is seen only in alcoholics
What is Niacin
200
Each reference value is viewed as an average daily intake over time, at least 1 week for most nutrients
What is Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
300
precursors of vitamins (an inactive form of vitamins)
What is Provitamins
300
Primary function of this vitamin is to maintain normal blood concentrations of calcium and phosphorus
What is Vitamin D
300
3 criteria used for assessing overweight and obesity
What is waist circumference, BMI, Existing health problems
300
This vitamin is involved in formation of heme for hemoglobin. This vitamin helps regulate blood glucose levels by assisting in the release of stored glucose. This vitamin is stored extensively in muscle tissue.
What is Vitamin B6
300
Amount of a nutrient that is estimated to meet the requirement of half of healthy people in a lifestyle or gender group
What is Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
400
Major antioxidants are which vitamins
What is C, E, and beta-carotene
400
Signs & symptoms of deficiency of this vitamin include peripheral neuropathy, ataxia, and ultimately death
What is vitamin E
400
Lean tissue (muscle mass) contributes to a higher metabolic rate than this tissue
What is fat tissue
400
Generic term for this B vitamin that includes both synthetic folic acid found in vitamin supplements and fortified foods and naturally occurring in foods such as green leafy vegetables, dried peas and beans, seeds, liver, and orange juice.
What is Folate
400
Nicknamed the newest generation of the food guide
What is MyPyramid
500
Preformed vitamin is found only in animal sources, i.e. liver, whole milk, fish
What is vitamin A
500
Deficiency of this vitamin does not occur from inadequate intake but may occur secondary to malabsorption syndromes or the use of certain medications that interfere with this vitamin's metabolism or synthesis, such as anticoagulants and antibiotics
What is vitamin K
500
The basal metabolic rate (BMR) for a male with an actual weight of 275 lbs and a "healthy" weight of 225 lbs
What is 2,750
500
Only water-soluble vitamin that does not occur naturally in plants and requires intrinsic factor
What is Vitamin B12
500
Allos consumers to incorporate small amounts of calorie-dense or "empty calorie" foods into their eating plan and still meet nutrient needs without exceeding total calorie constraints
What is Discretionary calories