Vitamins & Minerals

3. system The immune system is a complex network of cells and proteins that defends the body against infection. The immune system keeps a record of every germ (microbe) it has ever defeated so it can recognize and destroy the microbe quickly if it enters the body again.
7. soluble they are absorbed in the lymph, are transported in the blood with carrier proteins, and they can be stored in the liver and fatty tissues. While water-soluble only dissolves in water.
8. improved or enhanced through the addition of one or more ingredients
10. (Vitamin B 2) is needed to help break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
11. When a substance is able to be dissolved, especially in water.
12. Vitamin B complex that is found in meat, fish, legumes, and whole-grain foods and is used to treat and prevent pellagra.
13. is an essential trace mineral that can improve insulin sensitivity and enhance protein, carbohydrate, and lipid metabolism. It is a metallic element that people need very small quantities.
14. Domestic fowls, such as chickens and turkeys, ducks and geese.
16. When a living organism or cell can separate and expel as waste
17. dietitian is a board-certified food and nutrition expert.

1. is a mineral found in many foods like beer, cheese, beans, and fish. It is also one of the most common substances in your everyday environment and in your body.
2. Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat, and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.
4. A large group of yellow or orange pigments occurring in plants some of which have antioxidant properties.
5. Folate is one of the B-vitamins and is needed to make red and white blood cells in the bone marrow, convert carbohydrates into energy, and produce DNA and RNA
6. A mineral that is found in soil and occurs naturally in other foods.
9. A mineral that is essential to the body and is a constituent of many enzymes that permits chemical reactions to proceed at normal rates.
13. any of a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods and living tissues and including sugars, starch, and cellulose. They contain hydrogen and oxygen in the same ratio as water and typically can be broken down to release energy in the body.
15. Minerals Trace minerals, also called micro minerals, are essential minerals that the human body must get from food, but, unlike macro minerals, we only need a very small amount.