| Term | Definition |
|---|
| calcium food sources | milk, dairy, sea food (salmon, sardines, clams), some vegetables (turnip, kale, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower), legumes and tofu |
| calcium supplements | calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, calcium lactate, calcium gluconate |
| vit K main food sources | leafy green vegs (collards, spinach, broccoli, legumes) |
| vit K second main food sources | vegetable oils (soybean, rapeseed, canola oils), margarine; small amt in cereals, fruits, dairy, meats |
| vit K supplements | rarely needed, as phylloquinone (mephyton, konakion) and water-soluble forms (aquamephyton, synkavite, kappadione) made for people with fat malabsorptive disorders |
| vit E food sources | richest main source=plant oils (canola, olive, sunflower, safflower=alpha-TOH/ corn, soybean=gamma-TOH), salad dressings, mayo, margarine, PB; tocopherols as leafy plant foods and tocotrienols as legumes and cereal grains; plant sources are better than animal! |
| vit D food sources | primarily by animal=liver, beef, veal, eggs (yolk), dairy, fatty fish, fish oil, fish eggs; some fortified foods (milk, yogurt, cheese, margarine, OJ) |
| vit A animal sources | retinoids (preformed): liver, dairy, fish (tuna and sardines), fortified margarine, fish liver oils |
| vit A plant sources | carotenoids (provitamin): beta-carotene: carrot broccoli, cantaloupe, squash, peas, spinach; beta-cryptoxanthin: tomato, lycopene (watermelon), zeaxanthin (peppers, corn, potato, egg), lutein (beets, kiwi, eggs), canthaxanthin (plants, sea trout, crustacean) |
| vit A supplements | retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate |
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