Micronutrients and Phytochemicals

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Nutrition

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Absence of vitamins

leads to deficiency that can be cured if vitamin is resupplied in time.

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Vitamin content

greatest when a fruit or vegetable is ripe.

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Vitamins and minerals

work together to perform various physiological functions.

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Chlorosis

green skin color, weakness.

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Water soluble vitamins

particularly susceptible to destruction by heat, light, air exposure, cooking in water, and alkalinity.

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Vitamin C

intake increases iron absorption.

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Minerals

Individual chemical elements that cant be broken down further.

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Vitamin D

promotes the bodys absorption of calcium and phosphorus.

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Scurvy

fatigue, bleeding gums, bruising.

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Dietary inadequacy

causes physiological or structural abnormality.

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Vitamins

carbon- containing substances needed in small amounts by the body.

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Balanced MVM

contains no more than 100% of Daily Value of nutrients

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What should you look at on the label of a dietary supplement?

USP label

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What are the risks of dietary supplements?

Contamination, Nutrient toxicity, and Altered metabolism of other nutrients

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What can MVMs not be substituted for?

a healthy diet with phytochemicals and fiber

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What is the significance of the legal definition of dietary supplements?

dietary supplements are considered food, not drugs, and are therefore less regulated

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