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- 5. What are complex organic substances?
- 6. What vitamin is known as the blood-clotting vitamin?
- 10. What substance significantly reduces the harmful effects of oxygen on normal body functions?
- 12. What vitamin forms part of two coenzymes involved in complex chemical reactions in the body?
- 13. What mineral helps balance the alkalis and acids in the blood?
- 14. What disease is a result of a severe thiamin deficiency?
- 15. what mineral does the body contain more than any other?
- 16. What disease may develop after prolonged deficiency of vitamin C?
- 18. What vitamin's major function is to promote the growth and proper mineralization of bones and teeth?
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- 1. What disease can you get if you have to little niacin in your diet?
- 2. What vitamin does the body use to make chemical compounds that the eyes need to adapt to darkness?
- 3. What may develop if the diet contains too little vitamin A?
- 4. What B-complex vitamin helps the body release energy from food?
- 6. What vitamin functions mainly as a dietary antioxidant?
- 7. What vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
- 8. What mineral helps cells use proteins, fats, and carbohydrates to produce energy?
- 9. What are inorganic substances that make up the other 4 percent of your body weight?
- 11. What B-complex vitamin forms part of the coenzymes needed for the breakdown of carbohydrates?
- 17. what disease can children with vitamin D deficiencies develop?
