Vitamins

• The sources where you can get B group Vitamins are from Meat,Eggs and Fortified cereals
• The Functions of B group vitamins is a healthy nervous system and helps release energy from food
• There are four deficiencies if you do not get enough of B group vitamins and they are the following: Tiredness,Delayed growth,beriberi(a serious nerve disease) and pellagra(a disease that affects the skin,causes diarrheoa and dementia and often results in death)
• Another word for folate acid is folic acid
• The sources where you will find folate acid is in wholemeal bread,fortified products,e.g cereals and vitamin supplements
• The functions of taking folic acid is that taking folic acid before and during pregnancy reduces the risk of neural tube defects in unborn babies
• The deficiencies of not taking folic acid is neural tube defects,e.g. spina bifida(bones of the spine don't close over properly,causing injury to the spinal cord)
• Where can you get B group vitamins from?

  Meat,eggs and fortified cereals
• The sources where you can get Vitamin C is from fruits,e.g. blackcurrants,kiwis,lemons,oranges and strawberries
• The functions of Vitamin C is good general health,healthy gums,skin and blood vessels,healing of wounds and helps with absorption of iron in the body
• The deficiencies of not taking Vitamin C is increased risk of colds and flu's,Scurvy(a disease that causes tiredness,muscles weakness,aching joints and bleeding gums)delayed healing of wounds and anaemia(because iron is not absorbed properly)
• Very Important!Vitamin C can be easily destroyed by careless food preparation,cooking and reheating of food.To keep Vitamin C in foods,buy only really fresh foods and eat raw when possible.
• The sources of vitamin D is sunshine,Oily fish,fish liver oils,tinned fish,e.g. sardines,cheese,butter,eggs,margarine
• The functions of having vitamin D is it works with calcium for healthy bones and teeth
• The deficiencies of not having Vitamin D is rickets(a condition affecting bone development in children)osteoporosis(the bones become thinner as the person ages)osteomalacia(softening of bones in adults causing pain) and tooth decay
• Foods where you will find Vitamin E is in nuts,seeds and cereals
• The benefits of taking vitamin E is it protects against heart disease and gives you healthy skin
• The are no deficiencies with Vitamin E because deficiencies are rare
• The food where you will find Vitamin K in is in green vegetables,milk and cheese.It is made by the healthy bacteria in the intestines
• The functions of taking Vitamin K is that it is essential for normal blood clotting
• The deficiencies of Vitamin K is that blood will not clot normally(which is very rare)
• Pure Vitamin A is found in animal sources ,e.g. oily fish,eggs,butter
• Carotene/provitamin A is a substance that is found in highly coloured vegetables(e.g.carrots,peppers,dark green vegetables)that the body converts to vitamin A
• The functions of vitamin A is good eyesight,healthy linings of mouth,nose and throat,growth and healthy eyes,skin and hair
• The deficiencies of vitamin A is night blindness,linings of nose,mouth and throat become dry and irritated,delayed growth and dry,pathcy skin