COL: Vitamins

Question 1

What are Vitamins ?

Answer 1

• Organic compounds essential for metabolic reactions
• Needed in small amounts

Question 2

What are the 2 groups of Vitamins ?

Answer 2

• Fat soluble (Vit A, D, E, and K) – if these build up in the body, they can become toxic)
•Water soluble (Vit B and C) – if too many are taken in, they are excreted in the urine)

Question 3

Vitamin A

Answer 3

In yellow veggies, fish oil and egg yolk. DD=night-blindness

Question 4

Vitamin B1

Answer 4

brown rice, whole grain bread and yeast. DD=beri-beri

Question 5

Vitamin C

Answer 5

Citrus fruit, tomatoes and leafy greens. DD= Scurvy

Question 6

Vitamin D

Answer 6

Egg yolk, oily fish and milk. DD= rickets

Question 7

Vitamin E

Answer 7

Leafy veggies. DD= rare neurological problems