Distinguish between a vitamin and a mineral.

Q: Explain the functions, food sources of Vitamin D ?

A: The body remains healthy only when it has a balanced diet, which means the diet is full of…

Q: What is meant by caloric homeostasis?

A: Homeostasis is the state of steady internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by living…

Q: What is Fat Synthesis?

A: Fats are the simplest form of lipids that have a long hydrocarbon chain attached to one carboxyl…

Q: Define vitamin

A: MICRONUTRIENTS These are essential elements required by organisms in varying quantities to perform a…

Q: Explain how cells use carbohydrates, lipids, andproteins for the normal functioning of the body.

A: BASIC INFORMATION  DIGESTIVE SYSTEM  The digestive system of the human body consist of different…

Q: Explain the importance of Vitamin K ? What are the sources of Vitamin K ?

A: Vitamin K is really a bunch of compounds. the foremost vital of those compounds seems to be vitamin…

Q: List various types of vitamins?

A: Step 1 Vitamins are complex organic compounds of diverse chemical nature. It may be required in…

Q: Identify proteins available in food and explain the significance or importance of such proteins in…

A: Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino…

Q: Compare the sources, functions, and importance of minerals and vitamins in metabolism.

A: the sources, functions, and importance of minerals and vitamins in metabolism  are...

Q: Would eating a diet that is low in fat content ensure that a person could not gain fat mass?

A: One needs balanced diet.

Q: Which are the most abundant minerals in the body?

A: Minerals are the important elements that are required by organisms to perform important functions of…

Q: Describe the difference between essential and nonessential vitamins.

A: Vitamins are the essential organic molecules that are required in the diet in very small amounts.…

Q: What happens to the body during starvation?

A: Muscles contract, and people become frail. People can feel chilled as their body temperature drops.…

Q: How are carbohydrates and sugars used by the body?

A: Carbohydrates are the sugars that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in specific ratios.…

Q: How much protein, fat, and carbohydrate is it recommended that we consume?

A: Protein, fat and carbs are macronutrients essential for the body. For maintaining a  good health and…

Q: Explain the functions, food sources of Vitamin A ?

A: Vitamin A  helps to maintain healthy  teeth, skeletal, skin and membranes of the body. It helps for…

Q: How the body responds to the glucose level of a food. ?

A: The food we eat contain nutrients in a a complex form. These complex compounds are broken down into…

Q: Explain the functions, food sources of Vitamin C ?

A: Biomolecules are chemical compounds located in living organisms. Due to their size and necessity in…

Q: What is meant by saturation or unsaturation of oils and fats?

A: Lipids are found in the human diet (fatty acids, triacylglycerols, cholesterol). Lipids in the human…

Q: What happens to the body when the diet becomes protein-free?

A: Introduction: Proteins play an important role in the structure and function of the living body.…

Q: Explain how carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism areinterconnected.

A: The three-macromolecule carbohydrate, protein, and fat, when ingested, undergo a process known as…

Q: Having faint tingling sensation, constant tiredness, irritability, calf pain, trouble walking, and…

A: Vitamins are organic compounds that our body uses in small quantities for the growth and development…

Q: eeling flushed, hot, being unable to stop sweating, and blurred vision are symptoms of being…

A: Answer. Vitamin B12

Q: Why are vitamins and minerals important to a healthy person? Why are vitamins and minerals…

A: Eating a balanced diet is necessary for the body to work efficiently and perform all the metabolic…

Q: During a high carbohydrate meal, what happens first to the excess glucose in the blood?

A: Glucose is the most abundant monosaccharide and is the main sugar found in our blood and hence is…

Q: Where in the body is the greatest store of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates?

A: Mainly Nutrition is provided by macronutrients for ex. carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.

Q: define nutrition.

A: The cells are the major building blocks of the living system. It is covered by the plasma membrane…

Q: What does nutrients mean

A: Introduction Metabolism is the series of chemical events that keep organisms alive. The conversion…

Q: Describe how lipids are digested and absorbed into the body, step by step.

A: Lipids are the large organic molecules and are highly water in soluble. They are the derivatives of…

Q: Identify the two types of vitamins.

A: The vitamin term is derived from the word “vitamine”. The vitamins are the organic molecules that…

Q: define metabolism and its two subdivisions; and

A: Living creatures (includes animals, plants, fungi and certain other microbes) are unique in being…

Q: Why is it important to understand calories?

A: Calorie - Calorie /energy. calorie  can be defined as that it is the measuring unit of energy which…

Q: differentiate the forms of Vitamin E.

A: Vitamin E is a vitamin required for the proper function of many organs in the body.

Q: Which of the fat-soluble vitamins is needed for building bone, muscle contraction, and nerve impulse…

A: Introduction :  Fat soluble vitamins are soluble in organic solvent or we can say that these are…

Q: Which of the following is a water soluble vitamin?A. Vitamin B12 B. Vitamin A C. Vitamin D D.…

A: Vitamins are organic molecules that are needed by our body to develop and grow normally. They are…

Q: Define about Synthesis of Amino Acids  ?

A: Amino acids are individual monomers that are linked together to form proteins. Each amino acid is…