Vitamins Flashcards

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Vitamin B-2 (riboflavin)

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Aids in metabolism of carbs, protein, and fat. Promotes growth, needed for healthy eyes, hair, skin, and nails.

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Vitamin B-1 (thiamine)

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Brain function, nervous system function, mood stabilizer, enhances energy, decreases stress.

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Vitamin B-3 (niacin)

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Required for fat, carb, and protein metabolism. Aids in brain function, keeps nervous system healthy.

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Vitamin b-5 (pantothenic acid)

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Enhances energy, and stamina by supporting the adrenal glands, decreases stress, fatigue, and PMS, essential for metabolism

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Vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine)

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Essential for amino acids and carbs metabolism, helps the nervous system function properly, aids in the production of red blood cells

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Vitamin B-12

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Brain function, production of healthy red blood cells, enhances energy and stamina by supporting the adrenal glands, reduces cholesterol and dilates blood vessels

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Vitamin A

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Maintain vision, growth, bone formation, tissue repair, and red blood cell production

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Vitamin C

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Collagen production, required for healthy skin, bones, cartilage, teeth and blood vessels, promotes healing,aids iron absorption

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Vitamin D

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Bone and teeth formation, calcium and phosphorus absorption

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Vitamin E

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Red blood cell production, enhances immune system, cellular membrane stability protecting heart and brain function, antioxidant and helps you heal

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Vitamin K

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Promotes blood clotting to stop bleeding

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Folic acid

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Increases aerobic capacity, red blood cell production, prevent cervical dysphasia.

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Omega 3

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Forms membrane structure of all cells in the body and are required for normal development and function of brain, eyes, inner ear, adrenal glands, and reproductive tract, decreases inflammatory diseases lowers blood pressure, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD

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Omega 6

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Stress and lowers cholesterol.

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Calcium

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A major component of bones and teeth. Necessary for the clotting of blood, blood pressure, regulation and enzyme regulation

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Iron

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Essential component of hemoglobin,a protean which enables red blood cells to Cary oxygen through body.

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Magnesium

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In combination with phosphorus and sodium required for muscle and nerve function. Needed for energy. Maintain bone structure,regulates calcium

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Potassium

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Works with sodium to regulate body fluid balance, maintains normal heart beat and nerve impulses.

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Zinc

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Improves immunity and healing, needed for healing, needed for healthy eyes, ski, nails for growth and sexual development, sperm, activity of enzymes, for DNA protein synthesis