Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins Every day‚ your body produces skin‚ muscle‚ and bone. It churns out rich red blood that carries nutrients and oxygen to remote outposts‚ and it sends nerve signals skipping along thousands of miles of brain and body pathways. It also formulates chemical messengers that shuttle from one organ to another‚ issuing the instructions that help sustain your life. To do all this‚ your body requires raw materials. These include vitamins that your body needs but cannot manufacture
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Water Soluble Vitamins and Fat SCI/241 Water Soluble Vitamins and Fat The human body requires a large number of vitamins for a number of functions to keep the body alive and running properly. Vitamin D helps balancing hormones and Vitamin C helps with chemical reactions in the human body. Fat-soluble Vitamins and High Nutrient Sources The fat-soluble vitamins consist of A‚ D‚ E‚ and K; they are found in a variety of foods. Vitamin A | Celery‚ basil‚ chili pepper‚ mixed vegetables‚
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Fat- and Water- Soluble Vitamins SCI/241 According to the textbook “vitamins are organic compounds that are essential in the diet in small amounts to promote and regulate body processes necessary for growth‚ reproduction‚ and the maintenance of health.” (Grosvenor & Smolin‚ Ch. 7 pg. 200) Vitamins are classified into two groups based of their solubility‚ as some are soluble in water and others are soluble in fat‚ with these characterizations we are able to know more about how the different
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Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble Vitamins Fat and Water-Soluble Vitamins The vitamin classification is defined as water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamins are an important part of our diet‚ as they help with bodily functions and provide defense mechanisms for our immune system. You only need very small quantities but if you don ’t get enough your body cannot function optimally. Severe deficiencies cause debilitating diseases but even marginal intakes can cause subtle changes
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Fat Soluble Vitamins and the Body Humans need a number of vitamins in their body to survive. A group of the vitamins needed for vitality include the fat soluble vitamins‚ which includes vitamins A‚ D‚ E‚ and K. Deficiency in these vitamins is rare‚ but rather‚ over consumption is the problem often associated with these vitamins. Fat soluble vitamins are vitamins that are stored in fatty tissues and in the liver. These vitamins‚ unlike water soluble vitamins‚ are stored for long periods of
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Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins Sheila Grant SCI/241 December 23‚ 2012 Tia Patterson Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins All types of vitamins are essential for everyone to include in their diet to maintain a healthy lifestyle. They are classified into two different classifications. There is fat soluble which are A‚ D‚ E and K. The other classification is water soluble vitamins‚ which is vitamin C and B. Vitamin C and B are also known as complex group vitamins. Vitamins are crucial for the
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Week 5 Fat- and Water- Soluble Vitamins Anna Gamblin‚ UOP Both fat soluble and water soluble vitamins are nutrients that a person needs in their diet to keep up to optimal health. Vitamins and minerals are an essential necessity that our bodies need to function properly every day. Different vitamins do different things for us‚ but all are very important. You can get these different vitamins either through a balanced‚ nutritious diet‚ dietary supplements or a combination of the two. The two
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Fat- and Water- Soluble Vitamins Research the functions‚ importance‚ and role of fat- and water-soluble vitamins. Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in APA format that includes a title page‚ detailed summary‚ and separate reference page. Address the following in your paper: Identify the vitamin classification. Why are vitamins an important part of daily nutrient intake? What are fat-soluble vitamins? What are high nutrient sources of these vitamins? What are the functions‚ benefits
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A. Vitamins and Minerals 1) Explain the difference between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS VITAMIN A VITAMIN C (ascorbic acid) VITAMIN D VITAMIN B group: • B1 (Thiamine) • B2 (Riboflavin) • B6 (Pyrodoxine) • B12 (Cobalamin) • Folic acid (Folate) • Niacin VITAMIN K VITAMIN E Fat soluble vitamins are soluble in fats whereas water soluble vitamins are soluble in water. Water soluble vitamins are easily absorbed however fat soluble vitamins require
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SCI/241 Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins There are many different types of vitamins and each has its own special role in the body‚ they might all be different but they all are essential for the body’s health. All the different vitamins are categorized into two groups‚ Fat soluble vitamins (vitamins A and E) and then there are water soluble vitamins (vitamins B-complex and C). Vitamins are an important part of the body’s daily intake‚ because they
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