Nutrients and minerals quiz

Helps blood to clot in body when there is an injury

Helps calcium to be absorbed in the body.

Helps energy to be released from carbohydrate,fat and from body cells during respiration.

Helps to absorb the mineral iron and is antitoxidant.

A source of long term energy to the body and made up of many sugar molecules and examples are starch,pectin and dextrin.

Works with vitamin B12 to make red blood cells and helps reduce central nervous system defects.

Deficiency of this nutrient causes you to have anaemia and the nutrient is found mostly in meats.

Excess can lead to high blood pressure and can put a strain on your heart.

Helps strengthen the enamel in teeth to help prevent tooth decay.

Give you a short boost of energy ,as they take a short time to break down during digestion, which if not used is stored as fat.

Is an antitoxidant so it stops cells being damaged from chemicals that can damage cells.(Found in nuts, and soya beans)

Enables energy to be released from foods during respiration.Deficiency can lead to pellagra which causes dermatitis,diarrhoea and dementia.

Enables energy to be released from carbohydrates during respiration. Deficiency can lead to a disease called beri beri where there can be problems with concentration , memory and heart rate because nerves and muscles are affected.

Strengthens bones and reduces the chance of getting rickets.

To produce thyroxin a hormone that controls the metabolic rate of the body.

Repairs the body and helps the body grow .

Keeps you warm,provides store of energy and protects bones from damage.