Function in body or deficiency or excess of having it. | Nutrient | % Correct |
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Helps calcium to be absorbed in the body. | Vitamin D | 83%
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Strengthens bones and reduces the chance of getting rickets. | Calcium | 67%
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Helps blood to clot in body when there is an injury | vitamin K | 56%
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Repairs the body and helps the body grow . | Protein | 53%
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Helps to absorb the mineral iron and is antitoxidant. | Vitamin C | 53%
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Excess can lead to high blood pressure and can put a strain on your heart. | Sodium | 36%
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Keeps you warm,provides store of energy and protects bones from damage. | Fats | 33%
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Helps strengthen the enamel in teeth to help prevent tooth decay. | Fluoride | 33%
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Deficiency of this nutrient causes you to have anaemia and the nutrient is found mostly in meats. | vitamin B12 | 28%
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Is an antitoxidant so it stops cells being damaged from chemicals that can damage cells.(Found in nuts, and soya beans) | Vitamin E | 25%
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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. | Vitamin B1 | 22%
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Helps energy to be released from carbohydrate,fat and from body cells during respiration. | Vitamin B2 | 22%
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Enables energy to be released from foods during respiration.Deficiency can lead to pellagra which causes dermatitis,diarrhoea and dementia. | Vitamin B3 | 22%
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Works with vitamin B12 to make red blood cells and helps reduce central nervous system defects. | Vitamin B9 | 19%
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To produce thyroxin a hormone that controls the metabolic rate of the body. | Iodine | 14%
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A source of long term energy to the body and made up of many sugar molecules and examples are starch,pectin and dextrin. | Polysaccharides | 11%
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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. | Monosaccharides | 6%
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