Question: All of the following foods contain active vitamin A except:

liver.

Fish oils.

milk.

french fries

Answer: French Fries

Question: Healthy people can eat vitamin A-rich foods in large amounts without risking toxicity, with the possible exception of:

eggs.

cheese.

liver.

fortified breakfast cereals.

Answer: Liver

Question: Population studies suggest that people whose diets lack foods rich in beta-carotene have a higher incidence of:

rickets.

macular degeneration.

anemia.

osteomalacia.

Answer: Macular Deneration

Question: What is one symptom of a beta-carotene toxicity?

bright yellow skin

night blindness

rough, dry skin

hardening of the macula in the eye

Answer: Bright Yellow Skin

Question: Important roles of vitamin D in the body in addition to maintenance of bone health include all of the following except:

cell growth and specialization.

influence over hair follicles.

influence over reproductive system cells.

health of the retina in the eye.

Answer: Health of the Retina in the eye.

Question: Research suggests that deficiency of vitamin D may lead to what?

low blood pressure.

cardiovascular disease.

gallbladder disease.

kidney stones.

Answer: Cardiovascular Diease

Question: The vitamin D deficiency disease in adults is known as:

osteomalacia.

pellagra.

rickets.

macular degeneration.

Answer: Osteomalacia

Question: Which of the following is the most potentially toxic of all vitamins?

A

E

K

D

Answer: D

Question: By definition, a vitamin is all of the following except:

an organic compound.

indispensable to body function.

needed in minute amounts.

a non-essential nutrient.

Answer: A Non-essential nutrient

Question: Vitamin E serves as:

a precursor.

a vitamin antagonist.

an antioxidant.

an antivitamin.

Answer: An Antioxidant