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Vitamins and Minerals
What is the relationship between vitamins and nutrition?
Vitamins and minerals are substances that are found in foods we eat. Your body needs them to work properly, so you grow and develop just like you should. When it comes to vitamins, each one has a special role to play.
Do minerals provide the body with glucose for energy?
No they do not. Vitamins and minerals provide the trace elements and compounds vital for healthy cell biochemical processes. Often times however, foods that provide glucose (typically sacharides or sugars) will also have the trace elements we call minerals in them. This is because, generally speaking, vitamins we need for living, the animals or plants we ate needed as well!
Are Flintstones vitamins safe to take during a pregnancy?
Flintstone's vitamins are safe as long as they are administered according to directions. Also, as with all vitamins and minerals it's important to keep in a secured place away from children to avoid overdose.
Is too many Flinstone vitamins bad for you?
Yes, especially the ones that contain iron. It is very important to keep them out of the reach of children. Iron poisoning from multivitamins is one of the more common ways young children are poisoned. ********* To give you even more information - Yes. Like the first answerer mentioned, overdosing on multivitamins that contain iron is especially dangerous. Some people will tell you that if you overdose on vitamins, your body will just pass the excess out through your urine and you wont have a problem. This is very misleading information and is only true for vitamins that are WATER SOLUBLE. Vitamins that are FAT soluble, as well as trace minerals, will not be passed out of the body through urine. They will accumulate in fatty tissue and liver and can actually end up poisoning you. Flintstones Vitamins have a mixture of Fat Soluble vitamins, Water Soluble vitamins, and Trace Minerals. The following is a list of the different vitamins in Flintstones Vitamins. The ones with an (F) after are Fat Soluble, the ones with a (W) are Water Soluble and the ones with a (T) are Trace Minerals. Choline (W) Vitamin C (W) Vitamin E (F) Beta Carotene (F) Zinc (T) Iron (T) Calcium (W) Vitamin D (F) Phosphorus (W) Vitamin A (F) Vitamin C (W) Thiamine (W) Riboflavin (W) Niacin (W) Vitamin B6 (W) Folic Acid (W) Vitamin B12 (W) Biotin (W) Pantothenic Acid (W) Iodine (T) Magnesium (T) Copper (T) Sodium - This is a mineral commonly known as salt. As you can see, there are several Trace Minerals and Fat Soluble substances in these multivitamins. Even though kids vitamins like Flintstones and gummy vitamins TASTE like candy, it's important to remember that they are NOT. It is very possible to overdose on them, even if you are an adult, and the consequences can be very dangerous. ~Zooxie
Does chicken have minerals or vitamins in?
yes, chicken have minerals and vitamins in it.
What stores glycogen vitamins and minerals?
The liver is the body organ that stores glycogen, vitamins and minerals. The minerals and vitamins are some of the nutrients that we get in small quantities from the vegetables and fruits.
How are vitamins and minerals different?
Vitamins and minerals differ in basic ways. Vitamins are organic and can be broken down by heat, air, or acid.
What minerals does the body make?
None. Minerals and vitamins must be consumed for the body to use them. This is why vitamins and minerals are so important to our nutrition.
Do minerals vitamins and water need to be digested?
No, minerals, vitamins and water do not need to be digested. The foods that contain them need to be. However, minerals, vitamins and water need to be absorbed by the body into the bloodstream.
Are fruit minerals?
Fruits themselves are not minerals, but they contain vitamins and minerals.
Why do you need vitamins and minerals?
when you do not eat vitamins and minerals your body does not know what to do so you Must eat them.
How does food get its vitamins and minerals?
It gets the minerals through the water it recieves, and some foods have vitamins naturally.
What do you get vitamins and minerals from?
vitamins and minerals are nutrients that you can get in small quantity from fruits and vegetables,and they are beneficial for the human body.
Are vitamins and minerals macromolecules?
No
Why are potatoes carbohydrates and not vitamins or minerals?
because its main composition is made of carbohydrates, there are also traces of vitamins and minerals .
List two distinct ways in which minerals are differ from vitamins?
Vitamins are complex molecules, whereas minerals are singular elements. Vitamins are only required in minute quantities whereas some minerals are required in larger amounts.
