Multiple choice

Vitamin K1 is dissolved in ______ and absorbed in the ________

  1. Dietary fibre, small intestine

  2. Dietary fats, large intestine

  3. Dietary fats, small intestine

  4. Dietary fibre, large intestine
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Explanation

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, meaning it requires dietary fats to be dissolved and properly absorbed. Like most other fat-soluble nutrients, this absorption process occurs in the small intestine with the help of bile salts. Dietary fiber is not absorbed and does not dissolve fat-soluble vitamins.

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