Vitamins, Minerals and Water: The Water-Soluble Vitamins Quiz

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What is the main difference between vitamins and carbohydrates, fats, and proteins?

Vitamins yield usable energy when broken down, unlike carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

Vitamins are measured in grams, unlike carbohydrates, fats, and proteins which are measured in micrograms or milligrams.

Vitamins are individual units, not linked together like molecules of glucose or amino acids. (correct)

Vitamins do not assist the enzymes that release energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

Why are vitamins similar to the energy-yielding nutrients?

Because they function the same way as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

Because they are measured in grams just like the energy-yielding nutrients.

Because they yield usable energy when broken down.

Because they are vital to life and organic. (correct)

What determines the amount of vitamins available from foods?

The quantity provided by a food and the amount absorbed and used by the body. (correct)

The temperature at which the food is cooked.

The color of the food.

The type of food containing the vitamins.

How do vitamins differ from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in terms of function?

Vitamins do not yield usable energy when broken down; they assist the enzymes that release energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Signup and view all the answers

How are the amounts of vitamins people ingest daily from foods measured?

In micrograms or milligrams Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of vitamins in relation to energy-yielding nutrients?

To assist the enzymes that release energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Signup and view all the answers

Which factors can affect the bioavailability of nutrients?

Efficiency of digestion and time of transit through the GI tract Signup and view all the answers

Which B vitamin is part of the coenzyme TPP (thiamin pyrophosphate), assisting in energy metabolism?

Thiamin Signup and view all the answers

What occurs in dry beriberi?

Damage to the nervous system and muscle weakness in the arms and legs Signup and view all the answers

How can thiamin content in food be conserved during cooking?

Steaming and microwave heating Signup and view all the answers

Which vitamin is involved in the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA?

Pantothenic acid Signup and view all the answers

What disease is caused by prolonged thiamin deficiency?

Beriberi Signup and view all the answers

Which nutrient deficiency led to a disease called pellagra?

Niacin deficiency Signup and view all the answers

What is niacin equivalent to?

$1$ mg niacin or $60$ mg tryptophan Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of folic acid (B9) in the body?

Playing other indispensable roles in metabolism Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of wet beriberi?

Damage to the cardiovascular system and edema Signup and view all the answers

Which cooking methods help conserve thiamin and other water-soluble vitamins?