Vitamins and Minerals

Au programme

• Which statement best explains why vitamin D is important for bone health?
• Which factor is required for normal absorption of vitamin B12 in the terminal ileum?
• Which dietary change most directly improves absorption of non-heme iron from a meal?
• Which mineral is a central component of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3)?
• Which vitamin is most directly involved in the activation of several blood-clotting proteins?
• A person who avoids animal-derived foods develops megaloblastic anemia and neurological symptoms. Which deficiency is…
• Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be stored in the liver.
• Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body.