Items

• Phytochemicals

  Compounds in plant-derived foods
• Potassium

  Mineral needed for cells and muscles
• Provitamin

  Substance converted into a vitamin
• Recommended dietary assessment

  Recommended nutrient intake levels
• Riboflavin

  Vitamin B2
• Rickets

  Vitamin D deficiency disease in children
• Sodium

  Mineral for fluid balance and nerves
• Sodium chloride

  Table salt
• Thiamin

  Vitamin B1
• Tolerable upper levels

  Highest safe nutrient intake
• Toxicity

  Harmful effect of excess substance
• Vitamin A

  Vitamin for vision and immunity
• Vitamin B

  B-complex vitamins
• Vitamin C

  Vitamin for healing and iron absorption
• Vitamin D

  Helps calcium absorption
• Vitamin E

  Antioxidant vitamin
• Vitamin K

  Helps blood clotting
• Vitamins

  Substances needed for growth
• Vitamin toxicity

  Harm caused by excessive vitamins
• Water soluble vitamins

  Vitamins that dissolve in water
• Xerophthalmia

  Blindness from vitamin A deficiency
• Xerosis

  Abnormal dryness of skin
• Zinc

  Mineral supporting immunity and growth
• Anorexia

  Lack or loss of appetite for food
• Appetite

  The psychological desire to eat; a learned motivation and a positive sensation that accompanies the sight, smell, or thought of appealing foods