Vitamins Flashcards
Vitamin A (RDA)
teens is 700 mcg/day for females and 900 mcg/day for males (mcg = micrograms).
Vitamin A (UL)
2,800 mcg/day for teens up to age nineteen.
Vitamin A
is important for vision, protein synthesis, immune function, and bone health.
Vitamin D (RDA)
600 IU/day
Vitamin D (UL)
anyone age nine and older is 4,000 IU/day.
Vitamin D
is vital for bone health.
also helps regulate how your body absorbs the minerals calcium and phosphorus
Vitamin E (RDA)
RDA is 15 mg/day (22.4 IU/day) for teens.
Vitamin E (UL)
UL is 1,500 IU/day for supplements made from the natural form of vitamin E, and 1,100 IU/day for supplements made from synthetic vitamin E.
Vitamin E
it acts as an antioxidant, and that means it helps protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals.
Vitamin K (RDA)
RDA is 75 mcg/day for teens.
Vitamin K (UL)
no set upper limit.
Vitamin K
is important for blood clotting. Vitamin K also promotes strong bones.
Vitamin B1 is also called
thiamin
Vitamin B1 (RDA)
is 1.0 mg/day for female teens and 1.2 mg/day for males age fourteen and older.
Vitamin B1(UL)
set upper limit for this vitamin.
Vitamin B1
Thiamin is the key factor needed for your body to be able to turn your food into energy. Thiamin works with growth and development within your cells.
Vitamin B2 is also called
riboflavin
Vitamin B2 (RDA)
1.0 mg/day for female teens and 1.3 mg/day for males age fourteen and older.
Vitamin B2 (UL
is no set upper limit for this vitamin.
Vitamin B2
Riboflavin is important because it helps the cells in your body grow, develop, and function properly. It also helps turn the food you eat into energy for you and your body.
Vitamin B3 is also called
niacin
Vitamin B3 (RDA)
The RDA is 14 mg/day for female teens and 16 mg/day for males age fourteen and older.
Vitamin B3 (UL)
No Limit
Vitamin B3
helps improve your circulation, and it has been shown to reduce and prevent inflammation (redness, swelling, and pain).
Vitamin B5 is also known as
pantothenic acid.
Vitamin B5
The RDA is 5 mg/day for teens.
Vitamin B5
No Limit
Vitamin B5
pantothenic acid helps your body use or break down the fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in foods you eat, and it helps your nervous system function properly. It is needed so you can have healthy skin, hair, and eyes as well as a healthy liver. In addition to playing a role in breaking down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates for energy, vitamin B5 is critical for manufacturing red blood cells. Vitamin B5 is also important for maintaining a healthy digestive tract, and it helps the body use other vitamins, particularly B2 (riboflavin). Your body needs pantothenic acid to synthesize cholesterol.
Vitamin B6 is also called
pyridoxine
Vitamin B6 (RDA)
1.2 mg/day for female teens and 1.3 mg/day for male teens.
Vitamin B6 (UL)
is 80 mg/day for teens.
Vitamin B6
Pyridoxine helps make two chemicals that transmit signals in the brain called serotonin and norepinephrine. Vitamin B6 also helps with the formation of myelin (a protein layer around the nerve cells).
Vitamin B7 is commonly called
biotin also known as vitamin H or vitamin B8.
Vitamin B7 (RDA)
The RDA is 25 mcg/day for teens.
Vitamin B7 (UL)
No Limit
Vitamin B7
it helps your body convert food into glucose, which is used to produce energy and produce fatty acids and amino acids (the building blocks of protein). Biotin helps maintain normal metabolism, skin, mucous membranes, function of your nervous system, and hair growth.
Vitamin B9 is more commonly known as .
folate
Vitamin B9 (RDA)
400 mcg/day for teens.