Balanced Diet

Question 1

What are Vitamins?

Answer 1

Vitamins are organic substances that play an important role in the control of metabolism (it is needed in small amounts for good health)

Question 2

Vitamin A (foods)?

Answer 2

Liver, Fish-oil, dairy products, green vegetables, carrots

Question 3

Importance of Vitamin A?

Answer 3

Gives resistance to diseases
Protects eyes
Helps us to see in the dark

Question 4

Vitamin A deficiency?

Answer 4

Infections
Poor vision in dim light (night blindness)
Excess can cause Liver damage

Question 5

Vitamin C (foods)

Answer 5

Citrus fruits, guavas, mangoes, green vegetables, potatoes and tomatoes

Question 6

Importance of Vitamin C?

Answer 6

Helps to bond cells together
Helps in the use of calcium by bones and teeth

Question 7

Vitamin C Deficiency?

Answer 7

Scurvy
Excess can cause nausea and Diarrhea

Question 8

Vitamin D(foods)

Answer 8

Fish liver-oil, milk, butter, eggs
My by the body in sunlight

Question 9

Importance of Vitamin D?

Answer 9

Helps body absorb calcium from food

Question 10

Vitamin D deficiency?

Answer 10

Ricketts in children
Brittle bones in adults
Excess causes vomiting, cramps and dehydration

Question 11

Vitamin B6(foods)

Answer 11

Eggs, meat, potatoes, cabbage

Question 12

Importance of vitamin B6?

Answer 12

Helps to digest proteins

Question 13

Vitamin B6 deficiency?

Answer 13

Anaemia (shortage of oxygen as a result of hemoglobin levels)
Excess can cause irreversible nerve damage & kidney stones

Question 14

Vitamin B12 (food)?

Answer 14

Meat, milk, yeast, comfrey(yeast)

Question 15

Vitamin B12 importance

Answer 15

Helps the formation of red blood cells

Question 16

Vitamin B12 deficiency?

Answer 16

Pernicious anaemia
Excess can lead to skin problems