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Health
Vitamin D
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01/09/2021

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What is the difference between a micronutrient and a macronutrient?
Definition
Micronutrients are nutrients your body needs in small amounts. Macronutrients are nutrients needed in large amounts.
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What is the difference Between a water soluble vitamin and a fat soluble vitamin?
Definition
The body stores fat-soluble
vitamins in the liver and fatty tissues. The body does not easily store water-soluble vitamins and flushes out the extra in the urine.
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What are three food sources that we get vitamin D from?
Definition
salmon, broccoli, and almonds
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Are there any additional source of Vitamin D?
Definition
Calcium and sunlight are sources of Vitamin D.
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What is the #1 function of Vitamin D. Why do we need it in our bodies?
Definition
Vitamin D is important because it helps with bone growth. It helps our body grow healthy.
Term
osteoblasts
Definition
are the cells that form new bone.
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OSTEOCLASTS
Definition
are large cells that dissolve the bone
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OSTEOCYTES
Definition
are cells inside the bone
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