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Vitamins and their functions. Vitamin A. A. A. Beta-carotene Carrots or carrot juice Canned pumpkin Frozen spinach Sweet potato. Vitamin A. Remember– In order to get an A on the test, You need to be able to see it! Vitamin A helps eyesight. Vitamin D. D. D. Rickets Disease.
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Vitamin A A A
Beta-caroteneCarrots or carrot juice Canned pumpkin Frozen spinach Sweet potato
Vitamin A • Remember– In order to get an A on the test, You need to be able to see it! Vitamin A helps eyesight
Vitamin D D D
Vitamin D • Remember… Rickey D Like Mickey D Vitamin D prevents Rickets
Vitamin E E E
Vitamin EAlmonds Sunflower seeds Hazelnuts Sunflower oil Peanut butter
Vitamin K K K
Vitamin C C C
Vitamin C • Remember… In the olden days, sailors were nick - named Limeys. They ate Limes (vitamin C to prevent Scurvy).
Thiamine B1 • Remember… Sumo Wrestlers have Beri, beri BIG Thighs. Thiamine Prevents Beriberi
Niacin • Remember… If you Cin, You will go to Pell Niacin prevents Pellagra
Folate Lentils Garbanzo beans Asparagus Black beans Orange juice
Important things to know… • Vitamins are found in nearly all the foods on My Pyramid • Vitamins do NOT provide energy • but they are essential because they regulate the body chemistry and body functions • Vitamins cannot be produced by our bodies.
They must be ingested or eaten in our food. • Vitamins assist the body in using food by bringing about biochemical reactions so life can be maintained • Vitamins are divided into two groups: • 1. fat-soluble • 2. water-soluble • Examples are: • 1. Fat-soluble - K, A, D, E • 2. Water-soluble - C, B
Fat-soluble vitamins are transported through the body by what method? • being carried and stored in fat • Water-soluble vitamins are transported through the body by what method? • being dissolved in water • Some people believe that if small doses of vitamins are good for you, more is better. • Not true • Too few vitamins keep the body from what? • from operating at full capacity
Too many vitamins may be damaging to your health – toxic. • Just as too much gasoline in a fuel tank, too many vitamins will be excreted or stored and an excess can be toxic. • Vitamin supplements can not improve athletic performance. • Most people do not need a vitamin supplement. • Antioxidants have not been proven to prevent cancer. • Oranges & tomatoes are good sources of Vitamin C.