How Much Do You Know About Vitamins?
Sometimes it's hard to keep your vitamin facts straight. How much vitamin A do you need? What's the best source of Vitamin C? And all those B vitamins—which one is which?
Here's a quiz that offers a chance to learn something different about vitamins.
4. For a healthy pregnancy and baby, which nutrient can cause birth defects if the mother gets too little of it before and early in pregnancy?
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People of child-bearing age should take a multivitamin that has 400 micrograms of folic acid, as well as eat a healthy diet. This will lower the risk for birth defects of the brain and spine (neural tube defects) such as spina bifida. Spina bifida causes problems with the spine, spinal cord, and surrounding nerves in a growing fetus. Folic acid, or folate (vitamin B-9), is found in some leafy green vegetables, nuts, beans, citrus fruits, and fortified breakfast cereals. If a person is at risk of having a baby with a birth defect, their health care provider may recommend a larger amount of folic acid. Talk with your health care provider to find out more about folic acid.
7. In the U.S., who is most likely to develop scurvy (vitamin C deficiency)?
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Alcoholics may be lacking in many nutrients. These include too little thiamin, vitamin C, protein, and calories. Other risk factors for scurvy are mental disorders, social isolation among older adults, and eating disorders. Because of food is abundant in the U.S. and much of it is "fortified" with vitamin C, even otherwise malnourished children are not likely to develop scurvy.
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