Multiple Choice
In the context of other vitamin-like nutrients, which compound is considered neither fat-soluble nor water-soluble (i.e., it is not classified as a true vitamin)?
7. Vitamins
Other Vitamin-Like Nutrients
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Which vitamin-like nutrient is neither fat-soluble nor water-soluble (i.e., it is not classified as a true vitamin in either category)?
A
Vitamin A
B
Vitamin D
C
Choline
D
Vitamin C
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Understand the classification of vitamins: Vitamins are generally classified as either fat-soluble (such as Vitamins A, D, E, and K) or water-soluble (such as Vitamin C and the B-complex vitamins).
Recognize that some nutrients are vitamin-like but do not fit neatly into these categories because they are not officially classified as vitamins.
Identify choline as a vitamin-like nutrient that is essential for human health but is neither fat-soluble nor water-soluble in the traditional vitamin sense.
Recall that choline plays important roles in liver function, brain development, and muscle movement, but it is not classified as a true vitamin because the body can synthesize some of it, and it does not fit the solubility categories.
Conclude that among the options given, choline is the nutrient that is vitamin-like but neither fat-soluble nor water-soluble, distinguishing it from Vitamins A, D, and C.
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