MATCH THE MICRONUTRIENT TO THE STATEMENTS BELOW: Thiamin Vitamin B 12 Iron Magne
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MATCH THE MICRONUTRIENT TO THE STATEMENTS BELOW:
Thiamin Vitamin B 12 Iron Magnesium
Vitamin C Zinc Niacin Vitamin A
Vitamin D Vitamin E Folate Calcium
Vitamin B 6 Vitamin K Iodine Selenium
Directions: Type in the micronutrient from the list above that best matches each of the following statements below. Type your answer to the right of each statement or number them to match. Only use micronutrients from the list above. You may use a micronutrient more than once, or not at all. Hint: Read each statement carefully!
Please choose only one answer per question/statement.
07. A deficiency disease resulting in weakness and depression was first
observed after the practice of polishing brown rice into white rice was
used, which was later learned to remove this vitamin
08. A deficiency in this mineral may result in delayed sexual maturity
09. This vitamin is important for new cell production and helps to prevent
neural tube defects in newborns
Explanation / Answer
07. A deficiency disease resulting in weakness and depression was first
observed after the practice of polishing brown rice into white rice was
used, which was later learned to remove this vitamin.
Answer- Thiamine deficiency
Vitamin B1, which is also referred to as thiamine, is a coenzyme used by the body to metabolize food for energy and to maintain proper heart and nerve function. Thiamine is used to digest and extract energy from the foods you eat by turning nutrients into useable energy in the form of “ATP”. Without high enough levels of thiamine, the molecules found in carbohydrates and proteins (in the form of branched-chain amino acids) cannot be properly used by the body to carry out various important functions.
When healthy individuals are deprived of thiamine, thiamine stores are depleted within 1 month. A thiamine deficiency can cause weakness, chronic fatigue, heart complications, psychosis, depression and nerve damage.
08. A deficiency in this mineral may result in delayed sexual maturity
Answer-zinc deficiency
Zinc is a master-mineral of sorts (along with magnesium), and is needed for many reactions within the body. Unlike fat soluble vitamins, zinc is not stored for long periods of time in the body, so we need a constant supply of quality zinc from diet.
One source even links severe zinc deficiency to serious problems including: Delayed sexual maturation, impotence, hypogonadism, hypospermia, alopecia, dermatitis, paronychia, intellectual disability, impaired nerve conduction and nerve damage and macular degeneration.
09. This vitamin is important for new cell production and helps to prevent
neural tube defects in new-borns
Answer- folate calcium- a supplemental folic acid
Folic Acid is a vitamin (a substance which is essential to the body and which is provided in small quantities by the food we eat). It belongs to the B complex group. It plays an essential role in cellular division. It is also called folate or folacin. It is soluble in water and is destroyed by heat.
A neural tube defect (NTD) is a congenital malformation which occurs between the 20th and 28th day after conception.
Folic Acid is a coenzyme. It plays an important role in many metabolisms. The developing unborn child needs it to grow cells, tissue and organs. During that phase, the folic acid requirements are higher than usual. As far back as 1976, scientists noticed that women who gave birth to NTDbabies had low serum rates for folates and low vitamin levels in their red cells. In 1980, Professor Smithhells from Leeds (UK) was able to show that an additional intake of 0.4 mgs of Folic Acid before and at the start of a pregnancy significantly reduced NTD rates. This finding was confirmed by many other serious clinical studies using large numbers of women (over 250 000). The conclusive proof of the preventive effect of Folic Acid, even for women with no NTDhistory, came when a Hungarian study showed that, of the 2014 women who had taken additional Folic Acid, none developed an NTD, whereas, of the 2052 who had not, 6 cases were detected.
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