Assignment:
A. What important role does vitamin K play with physically active humans?
B. Why is vitamin D added to dairy products and how is it used by the body?
C. Vitamins and minerals are critical to the maintenance of normal body function and good health. If the intake of a little bit of vitamins is essential, is it necessarily true then that the consumption of a lot is even better? Support your answer.
D. How are calcium and iron used within the human body? List a few foods that are known to be rich in calcium and a few that are known to be rich in iron.
E. Even without adding salt to your food, approximately how much salt is it estimated that you take in each day?
F. Why does dehydration accelerate the rate of fatigue?
G. List four things that you can tell a firefighter or college athlete to do in an effort to rapidly rehydrate during recovery from intense work or competition?
H. What is the easiest way to assess your state of hydration?