Vitamins Flashcards
What are the two groups of vitamins
Fat soluble and water soluble
What are the fat soluble vitamins
ADEK
What are the water soluble vitamins
BC
What are the two types of vitamin a
Retinol and beta carotene
What are the functions of vitamin a
Growth and development
healthy skin
good vision in dim light
protection
What is the deficiency and excess consumption vitamin a
deficiency of night blindness and excess and cause food poisoning
What is vitamin d provided by
Sunlight on the skin whole milk, butter, liver, oily fish and eggs
What does vitamin d help the body absorb
Calcium
What is the deficiencys in vitamin a
Rickets and osteomalacia
Rickets as when bones are soft and they can bend and bow
Osteo Malacca is when they are tender and painful
What is vitamin e found in
Sunflower oil, olive oil, soya, cereals, nuts, eggs
What is vitamin e needed for
The formation of red blood cells
protecting the body
What is the excess consumption and deficiency of vitamin e
Deficiency is rare
Excess vitamin d causes a loss of appetite
What is vitamin k found in
Green beans, broccoli, spinach, vegetable oils, and cereals
What are the functions of vitamin k
Hopes to make blood clot
Maintain bone health
What is the deficiency of vitamin k
Very rare that is made in the body
Easy bruising, easy bleeding, blood taking longer to clot
What is the function of vitamin b1 (thiamin)
To release energy from food
What are sources of vitamin b1
Milk bread eggs and peas
What is the effect of excess and deficiency of vitamin b1
Effective access is rare and effective efficiency is a disease called beriberi a muscle wasting disease
What is the function of vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Release energy from food keeps eyes skin and the nervous system healthy
What are the food sources of vitamin B2
Chicken eggs milk fish and leafy vegetables
What is the effect of efficiency and excess of vitamin B2
Effect of deficiency is rare that may cause skin problems such as cracked lips and effective access and reported
What is the function of vitamin b3 (niacin)
Release energy from food keep skin and nervous system healthy
What are food sources of vitamin b3
Meat fish flour eggs and milk
What is the effect of excess and deficiency of vitamin b3
Excess can cause liver damage and deficiency can cause pellagra symptoms of pellagra are dermatitis dementia and diarrhoea (3 D’s)
What is the function of vitamin b6 (folic)
Reduced birth defects in unborn babies and to form healthy red blood cells
What are food sources of vitamin b6
Fortified breakfast cereals broccoli brussel sprouts and chickpeas
What is the effect of excess and deficiency of vitamin b6
Effect has no harmful side effects and deficiency prevents spina bifida in unborn babies
What is the function of vitamin b12
Maintains nerve cells makes red blood cells and releases energy from food
What food sources give vitamin b12
Meat eggs milk salmon and fortified breakfast cereals
What is the excess and deficiency of vitamin b12
There is no known excess and deficiency causes perincious anaemia
What are the functions of vitamin c
the healthy connective tissue helps wounds to heal helps you to absorb iron it is an antioxidant vitamin so it protects
Food sources of vitamin c
Citrus fruits blackcurrants red and green peppers
What is the excess and deficiency of vitamin c
The access is stomach pain and diarrhoea and deficiency of scurvy
symptoms of scurvy are swollen gums joint pains and wound failing to heal
How many cups of water do you need a day
6 to 8
What does calcium work with
Vitamin d
What does iron work with
Vitamin c
