Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is required for blood clotting and to prevent hemorrhaging. It also plays a role in bone formation and repair. Deficiencies can occur with inadequate dietary intake‚ malabsorption syndrome‚ chronic liver disease and in patients taking antibiotics. There are several forms of vitamin K‚ including K1‚ K2 and K3. K1 is the form found in plants such as spinach‚ broccoli‚ cabbage‚ and cauliflower. Vegetable oils such as olive and soybean also contain small
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Water-Soluble and Fat-Soluble Vitamins Fat and Water-Soluble Vitamins The vitamin classification is defined as water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamins are an important part of our diet‚ as they help with bodily functions and provide defense mechanisms for our immune system. You only need very small quantities but if you don ’t get enough your body cannot function optimally. Severe deficiencies cause debilitating diseases but even marginal intakes can cause subtle changes
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z/OS XL C/C++ User’s Guide SC09-4767-06 z/OS XL C/C++ User’s Guide SC09-4767-06 Note! Before using this information and the product it supports‚ be sure to read the information in “Notices” on page 657. Seventh Edition (September 2007) This edition applies to XL C/C++ in Version 1 Release 9 of z/OS (5694-A01) and to all subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in new editions. This edition replaces SC09-4767-05. Make sure that you use the correct edition for the level
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Vitamins and Minerals General Concepts: * Divided into two major groups: fat soluble and water soluble * fat soluble: A‚ D‚ E‚ K * requirements vary with species‚ size‚ growth rate‚ environment (temperature‚ presence of toxins‚ etc.) and metabolic function (growth‚ stress response‚ disease resistance) * many species can utilize intestinal bacteria synthesis for meeting vitamin requirements Vitamin
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Soluble Vitamins Annette Dixon Science/241 October 21‚ 2012 Pam Mahre The vitamin classifications are a Fat- Soluble vitamin which is vitamin A‚ D‚ E‚ and F. Fat- Soluble is not necessary to take every day. But you do need to take them‚ because they perform important functions in the body like blood clotting and the absorbency of calcium. And to make sure you don’t get too much of these vitamins you should make sure you are eating the right foods to maintain a healthy diet. The other vitamin classification
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1 WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE VITAMINS? Why Do People Take Vitamins? Tanya Goodden Thammasat University Author Note ID: 5306643xxx Business English Communication Program‚ Thammasat University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Tanya Goodden‚ Business English Communication Program‚ Thammasat University‚ Thailand. E-mail: xxx@hotmail.com EB 333 2 WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE VITAMINS? Abstract This research was performed to determine the main factor that influences people‟s
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research Vitamin supplements bring added nutritional values to people’s health. With their contents of the certain recommended amount of minerals and vitamins needed for staying healthy‚ vitamin supplements have become more and more popular especially for those with hectic and busy lifestyles. These people believe that daily or regular consumption of vitamin supplements helps to ensure the proper intake of nutrition needed—a compensation for what
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Water Soluble Vitamins and Fat SCI/241 Water Soluble Vitamins and Fat The human body requires a large number of vitamins for a number of functions to keep the body alive and running properly. Vitamin D helps balancing hormones and Vitamin C helps with chemical reactions in the human body. Fat-soluble Vitamins and High Nutrient Sources The fat-soluble vitamins consist of A‚ D‚ E‚ and K; they are found in a variety of foods. Vitamin A | Celery‚ basil‚ chili pepper‚ mixed vegetables‚
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of two students required: * vitamin C indicator solution * three 50 mL beakers or medicine cups * one 10 mL graduated cylinder * three disposable pipettes * one stirring rod * Sources of Vitamin C: freshly squeezed OJ‚ bottled OJ‚ frozen OJ‚ canned OJ * Optional: container for waste solutions and source of clean rinse water There are two different preparations (starch-iodine or indophenol) that may be used for the vitamin C indicator solution. Neither is more
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History of C+ The creation of C++ was first put into motion in 1979 by its creator Bjarne Stroustrup. Bjarne was working on his PhD thesis at Cambridge University. He was using a large and detailed simulator‚ that he had written in Simula‚ to simulate running software over a network of computers. He found programming in Simula enjoyable and was impressed by how the programs class structure helped him organize his code. As the size of his program increased‚ he found that the language became increasingly
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