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Name the member of the Vitamin B group that reduces osteoporosis and prevents cervical cancer?
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Folic acid
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Niacin
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Riboflavin
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Thiamine
Explanation
Folic acid is an essential nutrient for the growth of the fetus. It is also instrumental in reducing osteoporosis and preventing cervical cancer.
Name the only vitamin that we can’t get through food?
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin K
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Vitamin E
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin D is the only vitamin that we obtain from the sun’s rays. It cannot be ingested via food and drink.
Overdose of which vitamin can lead to damage of liver?
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Vitamin B3
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Vitamin B1
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin D
Explanation
Overdose of vitamin B3 can damage your liver. Vitamin B3-rich foods include liver, chicken breasts, green vegetables, and cereals, among other foods.
Which vitamin goes by the nickname Niacin?
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Vitamin B3
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Vitamin B1
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Vitamin B2
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin B3, a water-soluble vitamin, has the chemical name Niacin. It is found in the Liver, chicken breasts, green vegetables, and cereals, among other foods.
Our liver can store a particular vitamin for up to one year. Which vitamin is it?
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin K
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Vitamin C
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin A can be stored in our body's liver for up to a year, unlike other vitamins, which need to be taken regularly.
Name the vitamin vital for clotting of blood?
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Vitamin K
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin E
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Vitamin K is vital for the clotting of blood. It also promotes strength in bones and is found abundantly in leafy green vegetables.
In which year were vitamins discovered?
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1910
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1912
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1922
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1927
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The credit for the discovery of vitamins goes to the biochemist Frederick Gowland Hopkins who discovered them in 1912. He received the Nobel Prize for this discovery in 1929.
Pellagra disease can be prevented through which vitamin?
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Vitamin B3
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin B7
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Vitamin B1
Explanation
Pellagra disease can be prevented if you have adequate amounts of Vitamin B3 in your body. The main source of vitamin B3 is black beans, lentils, nuts, whole grains, cauliflower, and other green vegetables.
Which vitamin goes by the scientific name retinol?
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin K
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Vitamin C
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The scientific name of Vitamin A is retinol. Vitamin A is essential to prevent night blindness. It is abundantly found in cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk, and yogurt.
Which two words together make the word “vitamin?”
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Vital amine
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Viscous mint
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Vinter amyl
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Vinter amine
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The words “vital” and “amine” were combined to make the word vitamin. It was in 1912 that Polish chemist Casimir Funk first coined this word.
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