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- 3. A food to which vitamins and minerals have been added to replace those lost during processing.
- 5. A disease caused by vitamin C deficiency.
- 8. Foods that have one or more nutrients added during processing.
- 9. The non-digestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth of good microorganisms in the colon.
- 10. A highly reactive, unstable, single oxygen molecule.
- 14. A vitamin E deficiency often found in premature babies that causes red blood cells to break, which makes the babies weak and listless.
- 15. A change in a person's condition that is not a result of treatment given, but of the individual's belief that the treatment is working.
- 16. A deficiency disease caused by an inability to absorb vitamin B12.
- 17. Clotting.
- 20. A vitamin D deficiency disease that afflicts adults and can cause the leg and spine bones to soften and bend.
- 22. A deficiency disease in children caused by a lack of vitamin D.
- 23. Substances that react with oxygen to protect other substances from the harmful effects of oxygen exposure.
- 24. Vitamins that dissolve in fats.
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- 1. Thiamin deficiency disease.
- 2. Health-enhancing compounds in plant-based foods that are active in the body's cells.
- 4. Vitamins that dissolve in water.
- 6. A non-protein compound that combines with an inactive enzyme to form an active enzyme system.
- 7. A level or degree that is poisonous.
- 11. The surface cells that line the outside of the body.
- 12. A protein substance in the connective tissue that holds cells together.
- 13. A condition where the eyes adapt slowly to darkness and night vision becomes poor.
- 16. A compound that is not a vitamin, but that can be converted into the active form of vitamin by the body.
- 18. The "good" microorganisms found in foods that offer health benefits when eaten in sufficient amounts.
- 19. An organic compound that is an essential nutrient needed in very small amounts to regulate body processes.
- 21. Hydrochloric acid, digestive enzymes, and mucus.
