Card 221
Question
What are the 2 main components of Vit C?
Answer
Ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid
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Card 222
Question
What is the common name for acetylsalicylic acid?
Answer
Aspirin
Card 223
Question
What respiratory condition might cause someone to be allergic to cysteine?
Answer
Asthmatics
Card 224
Question
What group of people are potentially at risk when consuming bisulfites?
Answer
Asthmatics
Card 225
Question
Which vitamins are destroyed by alcohol?
Answer
B complex vitamins
Card 226
Question
The best Vitamin A precursor that occurs in food is called?
Answer
B-carotene
Card 227
Question
What is the theoretical retinol value for b-carotene and a-carotene?
Answer
b-carotene: 2, a-carotene: 1
Card 228
Question
What are the water-soluble vitamins?
Answer
B, C
Card 229
Question
Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of what vitamin?
Answer
B1
Card 230
Question
What vitamin deficiencies result in beri beri and rickets?
Answer
B1 and D
Card 231
Question
What B vitamin is called the anti-pernicious anemia factor and is important in nucleic acid formation and in fat and Carbohydrate metabolism?
Answer
B12
Card 232
Question
which of the water-soluble vitamins has the largest and most complex molecular structure?
Answer
B12
Card 233
Question
Excess intake of Folic Acid (Folate) masks what deficiency?
Answer
B12
Card 234
Question
What vitamin needs an intrinsic factor for effectiveness?
Answer
B12
Card 235
Question
Pernicious anemia is the Vitamin _____ deficiency disease and results from a lack of _________
Answer
B12; intrinsic factor
Card 236
Question
Why can goats eat grass and paper while humans cannot?
Answer
Bacteria present in their stomachs break down the cellulose
Card 237
Question
What is a probiotic?
Answer
Bacteria that promote intestinal health and desirable intestinal microflora
Card 238
Question
why are sulfides prohibited from use in foods that are recognized sources of thiamin?
Answer
because sulfides destroy thiamin, which could lead to deficiencies
Card 239
Question
What is the largest source of silicon in the body?
Answer
Beer
Card 240
Question
What is the disease caused by a deficiency of thiamin, and is common where polished rice is a major dietary item?
Answer
Beriberi
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