Vitamins are: A) Macro Nutrients B) Micro nutrients C) Essential Amino acids D) Non essential Amino acids
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The term essential nutrients refers to a. all the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids ingested by an organism. b. nutrients that an animal cannot manufacture from other molecules. c. nutrients that must be obtained from the diet in their complete form. d. all organic nutrients. e. Both b and c are true of essential nutrients.
Most vitamins are (a) inorganic compounds (b) components of coenzymes (c) used as fuel (d) electrolytes (e) required by herbivores and carnivores but not omnivores
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Vitamins a. are inorganic compounds necessary in the diet. b. are needed in large quantities by the body and used as building blocks for body tissues. c. are organic compounds, needed in small quantities by the body, that regulate metabolic activities. d. can all be synthesized by the human body.
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