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Bioavailability Lesson
Nutritional Chemistry
1. What is the difference between major and trace minerals? How many minerals are essential to the human
body's function? What are they?
2. Can minerals be broken down by our body? Why/why not?
3. What does the word “fortified” mean? Give examples of foods that are fortified.
4. What is the relationship between free radicals and antioxidants?
5. What is the definition of bioavailability?
6. What's the difference between an activator of bioavailability and an inhibitor?
7. How does your GI tract relate to your immune system?
8. What are villi and microvilli and what is their function?
9. What are prebiotics and how to they relate to probiotics?
10. What are some function of probiotics in your body?
11. Name 3 ways to increase bioavailability of some minerals.
12. What are oxalates and what foods contain them?
13. What is glutathione and why is it good for you?
14. What are phytates and what are some foods that contain phytates?
15. What are polyphenols and why are they an anti-nutrient?