BPK 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oily Fish, Rhodopsin, Spermatogenesis
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The majority of herbal supplements" promoted benefits are not supported by strong evidence, if any. Vitamins in our foodvitamins can be found in every group in eating well with canada"s food. Bioavailability: the rate and extent to which a nutrient is absorbed and used in the body. Minimizing vitamin losses vitamins are organic therefore suscepeble to destruceon by: Storing cut vegetables, fruits, and juice in aireght containers to reduce oxidaeon. Steaming vegetables in small amounts of water, avoid over cooking. With the excepeon of fat-soluble vitamins which are found in fat, vitamins must be separated out from other food components during digeseon before they can be absorbed. Water soluble vitamins are directly absorbed into the blood, whereas fat soluble vitamins are absorbed with fat into the lymphaec system first. Each b vitamin can funceon as a specific coenzyme involved in cellular respiraeon.