What are vitamins and how are they classified? List the specific vitamins that fall under each classification. Which classification of vitamins is potentially more toxic to the body? Explain why? List the four fat-soluble vitamins and their respective roles/functions for overall health AND athletic performance? What are free radicals? Where do they come from and what effect do they have on the body? What are antioxidants? Which vitamins and related compounds serve as antioxidants in the body? Briefly describe how they work in the body?

What are vitamins and how are they classified? List the specific vitamins that fall under each classification. Which classification of vitamins is potentially more toxic to the body? Explain why? List the four fat-soluble vitamins and their respective roles/functions for overall health AND athletic performance? What are free radicals? Where do they come from and what effect do they have on the body? What are antioxidants? Which vitamins and related compounds serve as antioxidants in the body? Briefly describe how they work in the body?

Ebk:Nutrition & Diet Therapy

10th Edition

ISBN:9780357391747

Author:DEBRUYNE

Publisher:DEBRUYNE

Chapter8: The Vitamins

Section: Chapter Questions

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