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| THE AMOUNT OF HEAT REQUIRED TO RAISE 1 GRAM OF WATER 1 DEGREE CELSIUS IS 1 KILOCALORIE. MULTIPLY THAT AMOUNT BY 100 AND THAT'S A CALORIE. |
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| VITAMIN B3. HELPS OXIDIZE CELLS. FOUND IN MILK, ENRICHED BREAD AND CEREAL, AND MEAT. |
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| THE LIVER NEEDS 3% OF OUR TRYPTOPHAN INTAKE TO MAKE NIACIN. TRYPTOPHAN ALSO HELPS REGULATE SEROTONIN, WHICH IS A NEUROTRANSMITTER THAT REGULATES APPETITE, SLEEP PATTERNS, AND MOOD. |
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| PELLAGRA IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY TRYPTOPHAN DEFICIANCY. THE SYMPTOMS ARE DERMATITIS, DIARRHEA, AND DEMENTIA AND EVENTUALLY THE PERSON WILL DIE. A PERSON CANNOT GET PELLAGRA JUST FROM TRYPTOPHAN DEFICIENCY. |
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| AN ORGANIC COMPOUND REQUIRED AS A NUTRIENT |
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| USED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF THE PURINES ADENINE AND GUANINE AND THE PYRIMIDINES CYTOSINE AND URACIL |
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| A CRIPPLING DISEASE CAUSED BY A DEFICIENCY OF THIAMINE (VITAMIN B1) |
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| ASCORBIC ACID IS A SYNTHETIC FORM OF VITAMIN C, WHICH REPAIRS SKIN, CARTILAGE, LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, AND BLOOD VESSELS IN YOUR BODY. |
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| SCURVY IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY LACK OF VITAMIN C AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY SPOTS ON THE SKIN, SPONGY GUMS, AND BLEEDING FROM THE MUSOUS MEMBRANES. |
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| RICKETS IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY EITHER A LOW AMOUNT OF VITAMIN D OR A LOW AMOUNT OF VITAMIN C. RICKETS IS WHEN THE BONES BECOME VERY SOFT AND FRAGILE. IN CHILDREN, THE BONES OFTEN GROW IMPROPERLY AND ARE DEFORMED. |
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| VITAMIN B1. THIAMIN HELPS CONVERT CARBOHYDRATES INTO ENERGY. IT ALSO HELPS THE HEART, MUSCLES, AND NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION. |
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| PROTHROMBIN IS A GLYCOPROTEIN THAT IS FORMED BY AND STORED IN THE LIVER. IT'S IN THEE BLOOD PLASMA, WHERE IT IS CONVERTED INTO THROMBIN WHEN IT COMBINES WHEN THROMBOPLASTIN AND CALCIUM IONS DURING BLOOD CLOTTING. |
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| VITAMIN B2. HEAT-STABLE, WATER-SOLUBLE FLAVNI OF THE B-COMPLEX. CONTANIS FAD AND FMN, WHICH ARE ELECTRON CARRIERS IN OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS. |
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| A COMBNATION OF ALL TWELVE B VITAMINS IN ONE PILL |
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