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Water-soluble or fat-soluble nutrient that helps the body use energy stored in carbohydrates fats and proteins?
lipids
What two classifications are used to describe vitamins?
Fat-soluble: Vitamins dissolve in fat, and they are stored in fatty tissues in the body (Vitamins A, D, E, and K) Water-soluble: Vitamins dissolve in water and are not stored in the body
Do you have to eat fat with fat-soluble vitamins so your body can use them?
no, a fat soluble vitamin is stored by the body in fat.
How do water soluble vitamins differ from fat-soluble vitamins?
Solubility refers to the ability of a substance to dissolve in a particular solvent. Most vitamins are soluble in either water or fats. fats soluble vitamins cannot be dissolved in water and require mixture with oils or fats in order to be used by the body.
Is powder milk soluble in water?
Yes, milk powder is soluble in water. Otherwise you'd get chunky milk when you went to use it!
What happens in consuming lot of vitamins?
Your body can not absorb vitamins after a certain point. You will expel what your body can't use. Certain vitamins can be harmful if taken in large doses. It is best if you can eat a well balanced diet and skip the vitamins all together. If you can't do that, than stick with a one a day vitamin. Answer: Water soluble vitamins(Vit. B & C) are readily excreted from the body through urine hence rarely show any adverse effects but fat soluble vitamins(A,D & K) accumulate in the body causing toxicity. Fat soluble vitamin supplement should not be taken for more than 2-3months, although water soluble vitamins can be taken for longer duration.
How do you use the word soluble in a sentence?
The solubility of sugar(in water) increases when the water is heated up.
What solvent would you use to measure the density of napthalene acid?
water b/c it is insoluble in water. it is soluble in cyclohexane and sparingly soluble in ethyl alcohol.
What do your bodies do if you have an excess of fat-soluble vitamins?
Body has got very large reservoir of fat, in which very large quantity of fat soluble Vitamins can be stored. Body has no mechanism to excrete these fat soluble vitamins as fat does not come in contact with any excretory organ like a pair of kidneys. It is stored in fat cells. If you give excess of water soluble vitamins, then they will be excreted by pair of Kidneys. Pair of kidney filters out about 180 litres of fluid/ day and through this excrete water soluble vitamins. Now it is easy to understand that why water soluble vitamins are not stored in body.
What are vitamins stored by the body?
Fats
Difference between lipid soluble and water soluble?
The use of a second messenger
What does your body use lipids for?
Lipids are fat soluble compounds found in plants and animals. The body uses lipids for energy storage, absorbing fat-soluble vitamins and chemical messaging.
