Vitamins Flashcards
(24 cards)
Name the vitamins?
A B C D E K
What vitamins are water soluble?
B
C
What vitamins are fat soluble?
A
D
E
K
What does vitamin B do?
Healthy nervous system
Growth (protein)
Release nervy from food
Where can vitamin B be found
Meat
Fish
Cheese
Eggs
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin B?
Beri-beri
Pellagra
Give two examples of what vitamin C does?
Good general health Healthy skin Healthy bones To absorb iron Connect tissue (which can help healing of wounds)
Where do you find vitamin C?
Fresh fruit and vegetables
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin C?
Scurvy
Anaemia
Delayed healing of wounds
What does vitamin D do?
Helps calcium make strong bones and teeth
Where do you find vitamin D?
Sunshine Oily fish Eggs Cheese Cod liver oil
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin D?
Rickets
Osteoporosis
Tooth decay
What are rickets?
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
What is osteoporosis?
Commonly known as “brittle bone disease” are fragile bones and easily break
What does vitamin A do?
- Growth (protein)
- Healthy eyes
- Healthy skin
- Healthy lining tissue in the nose and throat etc…
Where is vitamin A found?
Fish liver oil Oily fish Eggs Milk Carrots
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin A?
- Slowed growth
- Lining in nose and throat and nose become dry and irritated
- Night blindness
What is night blindness?
Difficulty adjusting to different levels of light
What does vitamin K do?
Helps the blood to clot
Where is vitamin K found?
Cod liver oil
Cabbage
Spinach
Cauliflower
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin K?
Blood clots slowly or in severe conditions not at all
What does vitamin E do?
Acts as an antioxidant which are thought to reduce the appearance of ageing and the incidence of cancer and coronary heart disease
Where is vitamin E found?
Eggs
Nuts
Cereals
Sunflower seeds
What is the deficiency disease for lack of vitamin E?
Rare
