Food and Nutrition- Vitamins
- Created by: Abbie Broadbent
- Created on: 28-03-13 11:31
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- Vitamins
- Vitamin A
- helps bone to grow, aids night vision.
- retinol, liver eggs, butter and fish oils
- carotene, yellow and orange fruits + veg
- Vitamin C
- helps absorb calcium and iron from food, protects against infection and allergies, can cause scurvy
- Citrus fruits, green veg, strawberries, potatoes.
- Vitamin D
- aids absorption of calcium in intestine to ensure strong bones and teeth, can cause rickets
- sunlight, fatty fish, eggs, added to margarine and low fat spreads
- Vitamin E
- keeps lungs and red cells healthy, could prevent certain cancers and protect against heart disease.
- vegetable oils, nuts, egg yolk, cereal products.
- Vitamin K
- essential to aid blood clotting, regulates quantity of calcium in the blood.
- liver, fruits, dairy products, vegetable oils
- Vitamin B
- cereals, thiamin-brazil nuts, riboflavin- almonds, mushrooms, folic acid- green veg, niacin-dried peaches
- thiamin releases energy from carbs and fats, riboflavin releases energy from food, niacin forms part of enzyme which releases energy
- Vitamin A
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