Question

Create two charts:

List A: will be all the vitamins and minerals. In this chart, you will provide the name of the vitamin/mineral, two food sources that the item is found in, deficiency diseases and disease of toxicity, and two functions of each vitamin/mineral.

List B: will be all other terms/diseases/functional issues, please provide information (describe the function, or meaning, and what the association is with nutrition) on each topic. When you have completed the entire assignment (2 charts/documents) save your document as an rtf., doc., docx. type of file and save in a file for your safekeeping. Cut and paste your assignment in the assignment window and then submit. Do not attach files and do not submit your work in the comments section. Due by Sunday night midnight.

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Key Terms:   (Be sure to scroll down the entire list)

List A

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K
• Vitamin B-12
• Vitamin B-6
• Vitamin C
• Biotin
• Carnitine
• Choline
• Cyanocobalamin
• Folate
• Folic acid
• Manganese
• Iodine
• Molybdenum
• Niacin
• Pantothenic acid
• Riboflavin
• Thiamin

List B

• Apoenzyme
• Ariboflavinosis
• Ataxia
• Avidin
• Coenzyme

• Cofactor
• Congestive heart failure
• Cretinism
• Decarboxylation
• Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
• Flavin mononucleotide (FMN)
• Goitrogens
• Holoenzyme
• Intrinsic factor
• Macrocyte
• Megaloblastic (macrocytic) anemia
• Metalloenzymes
• Methylcobalamin
• Microcytic hypochromic anemia
• N-carboxylbiotinyl lysine Neural tube defects
• Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+ or NADH₂)
• Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP or NADPH)
• Paresthesia
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Pernicious anemia
• Purines
• Pyrimidines
• Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)
• R-protein
• Taurine
• Tetrahydrofolic acid (THFA)
• Thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP)
• Thyroid gland
• Thyroid hormones
• Thyroxine
• Triiodothyronine
• Transketolase
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Answer 1

Vitamin and mineral	2 Food sources	Deficiency disease	Functions
Vitamin A	egg,cod liver oil	night blindnes	maintain healthy teeth ,skeleton and soft tissue
Vitamin D	beef liver ,cheese	rackets	maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus
Vitamin E	vegetable oil, nuts	abetslipoproteinemia	act as antioxidant to protect cells from damage caused by free radicals
Vitamin K	chicken, egg yolk	bleeding	blood clotting bone metabolism
Vitamin B12	fish, meat	anaemia	prevent a type of anaemia called megaloblastic anaemia which makes people tired and weak
Vitamin B6	vegetables, egg	microcytic anaemia	producing neurotransmitters
Vitamin C	lemon, orange	scurvy	it is required for growth development and repair of of all body tissues
Biotin	cheese, sweet potato	alopecia	health of hair ,skin and nails
Carnitine	milk, cheese	hyperglycemia	important for heart and brain functions
Choline	liver, egg	muscle and liver diseases	required for neurotransmitters synthesis cell membrane signalling ,lipidTransport
Cyanocobalamin	Tuna fish, milk	atrophic gastritis	to maintain health of your metabolism blood cells and nerves
Folate	broccoli, egg	anaemia	helps tissue growth and cells work
Folic acid	Orange ,rice	anaemia	produce and maintain new cells
manganese	brown rice, nut	impaired growth	activate many enzymes in metabolism
Iodine	fish ,milk	goitre	used to make thyroid hormone
Molybdenum	beans ,peas	brain disfunction	removing toxins from the metabolism of sulphur containing amino acid
Niacin	liver ,chicken breast	pellagra	converting carbohydrates into glucose, metabolizing fats and proteins
Pantothenic acid	avocado ,mushrooms	numbness and burning of hands and feet	for making blood cells and to convert food you eat into energy
Riboflavin	green vegetables, eggs	stomatitis	breakdown of proteins ,fats and carbohydrates
Thiamine	Orange ,egg	Beri beri	changes carbohydrate into energy

Other terms	function/meaning	association with nutrition
Apoenzyme	supplement enzyme to speed up biochemical process	protein portion of the active unit
Aribofavinosis	masturation of young red blood cells	alcohol-related
Ataxia	lack of muscle coordination	carbohydrates related
Avidin	tetrameric biotin binding protein	glycoprotein component of egg