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Which vitamin is not available from plant sources?Read the answer and worked solution →Which vitamins are lost when water used to boil vegetables is discarded?Read the answer and worked solution →Which vitamin regulates mineral metabolism for bones and other organs?Read the answer and worked solution →Raw egg white contains avidin, which blocks absorption of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organ mainly stores vitamins A, D and B12 in significant amounts?Read the answer and worked solution →When does a primary vitamin deficiency occur?Read the answer and worked solution →What is adding vitamins to staple foods like flour or milk called?Read the answer and worked solution →How many vitamers does vitamin E have?Read the answer and worked solution →Ascorbic acid is the chemical name of which vitamin?Read the answer and worked solution →Malnutrition covers undernutrition and which other form?Read the answer and worked solution →Stunted growth and wasting are signs of which condition?Read the answer and worked solution →Eating energy-dense foods with little exercise leads to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which micronutrient trio is most often lacking?Read the answer and worked solution →Anaemia is most commonly caused by a lack of which mineral?Read the answer and worked solution →Which protein-energy malnutrition is mainly due to too little protein?Read the answer and worked solution →Which condition means to waste away and shows severe wasting?Read the answer and worked solution →At what BMI value is a person classed as obese?Read the answer and worked solution →Undernutrition causes the highest mortality among which group?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the double burden of malnutrition mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Overnutrition is linked to which non-communicable disease?Read the answer and worked solution →Dietary fibre is also known by which other name?Read the answer and worked solution →Dietary fibre has which two main subtypes?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is an insoluble fibre?Read the answer and worked solution →Soluble fibres such as oat beta-glucan help lower which blood level?Read the answer and worked solution →Soluble viscous fibre delays gastric emptying, giving a longer feeling of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Cellulose-type bulking fibres absorb water and promote what?Read the answer and worked solution →Gut bacteria ferment fibre into which type of acids?Read the answer and worked solution →Which product has the highest fibre content?Read the answer and worked solution →Coarse insoluble fibre triggers which secretion in the large intestine?Read the answer and worked solution →Plants take in carbon, hydrogen and oxygen mainly as which compounds?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which vitamin is not available from plant sources?

  1. Vitamin A
  2. Vitamin B12
  3. Vitamin K
  4. Vitamin C
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Correct answer: B. Vitamin B12

1. The question asks about: Which vitamin is not available from plant sources? 2. Correct answer: Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is the only vitamin or nutrient not available from plant sources.... 3. Why the others fail: Vitamin A comes from plant beta carotene. _Source: Wikipedia, Vitamin, Sources_

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Which vitamins are lost when water used to boil vegetables is discarded?

  1. Vitamins A and D
  2. Vitamins E and K
  3. Vitamins B and C
  4. Vitamins A and K
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Correct answer: C. Vitamins B and C

1. The question asks about: Which vitamins are lost when water used to boil vegetables is discarded? 2. Correct answer: Vitamins B and C. Water-soluble vitamins such as B and C dissolve into the water when a vegetable is boiled, and are then lost when the water is discarded.... 3. Why the others fail: Fat-soluble vitamins do not dissolve into the water. _Source: Wikipedia, Vitamin, Effects of cooking_

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Which vitamin regulates mineral metabolism for bones and other organs?

  1. Vitamin D
  2. Vitamin K
  3. Vitamin B6
  4. Vitamin C
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Correct answer: A. Vitamin D

1. The question asks about: Which vitamin regulates mineral metabolism for bones and other organs? 2. Correct answer: Vitamin D. Vitamin D provides a hormone-like function, regulating mineral metabolism for bones and other organs.... 3. Why the others fail: Vitamin D has a hormone-like role. _Source: Wikipedia, Vitamin, Biochemical functions_

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