Vitamin

• Importance of Vitamin A

  Helps with night vision and maintain skin health
• Effects of Vitamin A deficiency 


  Night blindness and skin diseases
• Sources of Vitamin A

  Milk, egg yolk, fish oil
• Sources of Vitamin B

  Yeast, liver, eggs
• Effects of Vitamin B deficiency

  Beri-beri and Anaemia
• Sources of Vitamin C

  Fruits and vegetables
• Importance of Vitamin C

  Fights diseases and maintains the health of gums and mouth
• Effects of Vitamin C deficiency

  Scurvy (bleeding gums)
• Sources of Vitamin D

  Butter, eggs, fish oil, sun exposure
• Importance of Vitamin D

  Helps in absorption of calcium, strengthens tooth enamel, maintains skin health
• Effects of Vitamin D deficiency

  Rickets, toothache and skin disease
• Sources of Vitamin E

  Grains, green vegetables
• Importance of Vitamin E

  Maintains the function of the reproductive system
• Effects of Vitamin E deficiency

  Sterility and foetus miscarriage
• Sources of Vitamin K

  Milk, egg yolk and fish oil
• Importance of Vitamin K

  Speeds up the blood-clotting process
• The effects of Vitamin K deficiency

  Hemophilia (prolonged bleeding)