BIOLOGY
VITAMINS
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Question
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A vitamin that keeps your digestive tract working normally, along with other benefits.
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A mineral that is not an actual vitamin.
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Keeps your vision going strong, so you don’t go blind.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Niacin is a B vitamin that’s made and used by your body to turn food into energy. It helps keep your nervous system, digestive system and skin healthy. Niacin (vitamin B-3) is often part of a daily multivitamin, but most people get enough niacin from the food they eat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Niacin – Vitamin B3. The Nutrition Source. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Detailed explanation-3: -Niacin is used with diet changes (restriction of cholesterol and fat intake) to reduce the amount of cholesterol (a fat-like substance) and other fatty substances in your blood and to increase the amount of high density lipoprotein (HDL; ‘’good cholesterol”).
Detailed explanation-4: -Vitamin B-6, which is also called pyridoxine, and niacin, which is also called vitamin B-3, are two vitamins that might be easily confused. Although there are several B vitamins that share some similar functions, niacin and vitamin B-6 are not the same thing.