Nutrition

2. Minerals are not destroyed by light, ___ , heat, or acids during food preparation.
5. What is the other name for Vitamin A?
6. Which mineral is largely responsible for regulating fluid balance?
8. High ___ intakes can lead to hyperkalemia and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
9. Which vitamin deficiency causes xerophthalmia;an eye condition causing thickening of the conjunctiva with white plaques?
11. The body has the potential to make all of the Vitamin D it needs if exposure to ___ is optimal and liver and kidney function are normal.
12. Vitamin C is needed to make ___ ; a component of connective tissue required in wound healing.
13. What do Calcium, Phosphorus, Copper, and Fluoride have in common?(2 words)
14. Sweating is an example of ___ water loss.
15. ___ is a disease resulting from a deficiency of Vitamin C.
16. An adequate calcium intake throughout the first three decades of life is needed to attain peak ___ ___ as determined by genetics.(2 words)
17. Low blood pressure, dry skin, and increased temperature are all potential symptoms of:

1. Which major mineral is most abundant in the human body?
3. Vitamin B12 requires ___ ___ in order to be absorbed?(2 words)
4. These vitamins can dissolve in fats and oils; they do not dissolve in water.(2 words)
7. Vitamin K is a coenzyme essential for the synthesis of ___ .
10. Minerals are ___ elements that originate from the earth’s crust.