Vitamins

Question 1

Name the vitamins?

Answer 1

A
B
C
D
E
K

Question 2

What vitamins are water soluble?

Answer 2

B

C

Question 3

What vitamins are fat soluble?

Answer 3

A
D
E
K

Question 4

What does vitamin B do?

Answer 4

Healthy nervous system
Growth (protein)
Release nervy from food

Question 5

Where can vitamin B be found

Answer 5

Meat
Fish
Cheese
Eggs

Question 6

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin B?

Answer 6

Beri-beri

Pellagra

Question 7

Give two examples of what vitamin C does?

Answer 7

Good general health
Healthy skin
Healthy bones
To absorb iron
Connect tissue (which can help healing of wounds)

Question 8

Where do you find vitamin C?

Answer 8

Fresh fruit and vegetables

Question 9

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin C?

Answer 9

Scurvy
Anaemia
Delayed healing of wounds

Question 10

What does vitamin D do?

Answer 10

Helps calcium make strong bones and teeth

Question 11

Where do you find vitamin D?

Answer 11

Sunshine
Oily fish
Eggs 
Cheese
Cod liver oil

Question 12

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin D?

Answer 12

Rickets
Osteoporosis
Tooth decay

Question 13

What are rickets?

Answer 13

When children don’t have enough vitamin D so their bones are soft and that causes the bones to form badly and they were prone to tooth decay

Question 14

What is osteoporosis?

Answer 14

Commonly known as “brittle bone disease” are fragile bones and easily break

Question 15

What does vitamin A do?

Answer 15

• Growth (protein)
• Healthy eyes
• Healthy skin
• Healthy lining tissue in the nose and throat etc…

Question 16

Where is vitamin A found?

Answer 16

Fish liver oil
Oily fish
Eggs
Milk
Carrots

Question 17

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin A?

Answer 17

• Slowed growth
• Lining in nose and throat and nose become dry and irritated
• Night blindness

Question 18

What is night blindness?

Answer 18

Difficulty adjusting to different levels of light

Question 19

What does vitamin K do?

Answer 19

Helps the blood to clot

Question 20

Where is vitamin K found?

Answer 20

Cod liver oil
Cabbage
Spinach
Cauliflower

Question 21

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin K?

Answer 21

Blood clots slowly or in severe conditions not at all

Question 22

What does vitamin E do?

Answer 22

Acts as an antioxidant which are thought to reduce the appearance of ageing and the incidence of cancer and coronary heart disease

Question 23

Where is vitamin E found?

Answer 23

Eggs
Nuts
Cereals
Sunflower seeds

Question 24

What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin E?

Answer 24

Rare