Fat-soluble vitamins
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- Created on: 01-12-18 19:07
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- Fat-soluble Vitamins
- Vitamin A
- growth + development
- healthy skin
- protecting body
- an antitoxidant
- keeping skin + membranes healthy
- helping vision in dim light
- retinol sources
- animal sources
- eggs
- oily fish
- milk
- Beta-carotene sources
- vegetable sources
- leafy veg
- yellow fruit
- excess
- retinol can be poisonous if eaten in large amounts
- may harm pregnancies
- deficiency
- night blindness
- Vitamin E
- deficiency
- rickets in young children (softened bones)
- sources
- sunlight
- milk
- oily fish
- excess
- (stored and unlikely to cause problems)
- preventing bone diseases
- absorbing calcium (developing bones + teeth)
- healing bones
- deficiency
- Vitamin K
- deficiency
- blood takes longer to clot
- easy bruising and bleeding
- sources
- green leafy veg
- cereals
- vegetable oil
- excess
- (not enough evidence)
- making blood clot
- maintaining bone health
- deficiency
- Vitamin D
- deficiency
- (unlikely to cause problems)
- sources
- vegetable oils
- soya
- cereals
- egg yolk
- excess
- loss of appetite
- protecting the body
- an antitoxidant
- forms red blood cells
- deficiency
- Stored in the liver
- Stored for months, even years
- Vitamin A
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