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Vitamins and Nutrients Fact File
Grocery Day
Healthy Bodies
Case Study
Creative Poster
Strong Bodies
Test Your Knowledge
Know Your Vitamins
Self Check Up
School Lunch
Drawing Healthy
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
It is important to take your vitamins so that your body can
grow and stay healthy. Some examples of the vitamins we need
to take are Vitamin A, D, E, K, and the B vitamins (B1, B2, B3,
B6, B7, B9, and B12)
Overview of Vitamins and Nutrients
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Our parents remind us to always drink our vitamins right? This is
because our body cannot produce these vitamins. Vitamins are
important in the involvement of the fundamental function of the
body, growth, and maintenance of health and conversion of food to
energy.
Nutrients are very small substances found in our food that our
bodies take in to perform the necessary functions to keep us
healthy and alive.
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
History of Vitamins
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Since their discovery in the late 1800s and early 1900s, vitamins
and their precise needs have been a source of contention. People
with professions in the health sector collaborated to develop our
current understanding of vitamins and minerals.
After years of observation, tests, and trial and error, they were
able to determine that several ailments were caused by vitamin
deficiencies rather than viruses or poisons, as was widely believed
at the time.
Chemists attempted to determine the molecular structure of a
vitamin so that it might be duplicated. Researchers soon
discovered the exact amounts of vitamins required to avoid
deficiency disorders. We must thank these people for creating the
standard to keep our bodies healthy and strong.
Casimir Funk, a biochemist, was the first to invent the term
"vitamin". The word was derived from "vita" meaning life and
"amine" referring to a nitrogenous chemical required for living.
Commercially made vitamins were only produced in 1930s. Before
that, people would only obtain vitamins and their nutrients from
food.
Commercial supplements are an alternative
for natural supplements
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
Kinds of Vitamins
Vitamin A
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Vitamin A is required for normal
vision and immune function. It
is important to keep our
immune systems healthy to
protect
our
bodies
from
diseases and other illnesses.
Common food sources of
Vitamin A are liver, fish oils,
dairy products, dark colored
fruits, and leafy vegetables.
Leafy vegetables provide
Vitamin A for our bodies
If one has Vitamin A deficiency, or a lack of Vitamin A, this may
lead to eye defects or infections
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
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This is important for the
metabolism of carbohydrates
(sugars). Basically, metabolism
is the process by which food is
converted into energy.
Common food sources of
Vitamin B1 are bread or bread
products and cereals.
Lack of Vitamin B1 can lead to
tiredness,
loss
of
concentration, and irritable
stomach.
Bread is a common food
source of Vitamin B1
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
Kinds of Vitamins
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
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Like Vitamin B1, this is
important for the metabolism of
carbohydrates.
Common food sources are
meats, milk, eggs, cereals, and
vegetables.
A lack of Vitamin B2 can lead
to dryness of skin, eye defects,
poor growth, and low iron in the
body.
Eggs are a source of
Vitamin B2
Iron is important because this is needed for our red blood cells in
carrying oxygen around the body
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
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Again, this is important for the metabolism of carbohydrates.
Common food sources would be cereals and meats.
Lack of Vitamin B6 would lead to lack of iron in the body and the
dryness of skin near the lips.
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
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Vitamin B7 is important in the production of fat, sugars, and
proteins in the body.
Common food sources are liver, fruits and meats.
The lack of Vitamin B7 can lead to skin dryness, eye dryness,
and hair loss.
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Kinds of Vitamins
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
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Vitamin B9 in cereals
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Folate is another name for
Vitamin B9. It is important for
making blood cells, and it
keeps the heart and blood
vessels healthy. This is also
important for the growth of
children. This is also important
for mothers who are pregnant
because it can prevent defects
when the child is born.
Food sources are cereals, dark colored vegetables, and bread
The lack of Vitamin B9 can cause impaired growth, low
production of red blood cells, and also defects of the child that
can be present when they are born.
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
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This is vital for the bones, blood, eyes, mood, hair, skin, and nails.
It is important to know that excessive consumption of egg whites
can prevent Vitamin B12 to enter the body because of the
substance present in egg whites called Biotin.
Common food sources are cereals, meat, fish, and chicken.
The lack of Vitamin B12 can lead to the darkening of the
knuckles and palms, growth delay, and red blood cell defects.
Commonly seen in people who have strict vegetarian diet
because Vitamin B12 is usually seen in meats.
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
Kinds of Vitamins
Vitamin C
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This vitamin is important for
keeping body tissues, such as
gums, bones, and blood
vessels in good shape. Vitamin
C is key if you get a cut
because it helps you heal. It
also helps the body absorb iron
from food.
Oranges are a common source
of Vitamin C
Food sources are citrus fruits like oranges, tomatoes, tomato
juice, broccoli, spinach, and cabbage.
The lack of Vitamin C can lead to infections that cause us to have
fever, gum problems like bleeding and swelling, slow healing of
wounds, and also low iron in the body
Vitamin D
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Vitamin D strengthens your bones. It also helps in developing
nice and strong teeth. Vitamin D works hand in hand with calcium,
a mineral that also gives you strong bones. When your skin gets
exposed to healthy sunlight, the body starts making Vitamin D.
You can also get Vitamin D from different food sources such as
milk and dairy, fish, egg yolks, liver, and fortified cereal.
Vitamin D deficiency can cause ones bones to become brittle.
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
Kinds of Vitamins
Vitamin E
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Vitamin E protects your body’s
cells and tissues from getting
harmed and it also keeps your
red blood cells healthy.
Common sources of Vitamin E
are whole grains, nuts, fruits,
vegetables, and meat.
Lack of Vitamin E can lead to
defects in your red blood cells.
Vitamin E comes from whole
grains
Vitamin K
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Vitamin K helps with the
clotting of the blood
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Think about a time you got a
cut from falling off a bike or
while playing with your
friends. Your blood eventually
clots to stop the bleeding;
Vitamin K aids in this
process.
Common food sources of
Vitamin
K
are
green
vegetables, cabbage, and
margarine.
The lack of Vitamin K can
cause slow healing of
wounds.
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Vitamins and Nutrients Facts
Classifications of Vitamins
Water-Soluble
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Water-soluble vitamins cannot be stored since they must dissolve in
water before being absorbed by the body. Any water-soluble
vitamins that are not utilized by the body are mostly excreted in the
urine. Vitamin C and the B-complex vitamins, such as vitamin B6,
vitamin B12, and folate, are examples of water-soluble vitamins.
Fat-Soluble
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Vitamins that are fat-soluble dissolve in fat and accumulate in the
body. Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, and Vitamin K are all
fat-soluble vitamins.
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Case Study
Pretend you are a doctor. You have an appointment
with a patient today. Analyze their case and write
down what vitamin they need to take more of and
why.
Annalise went to see the doctor today. She explained how she
has been feeling tired lately, unable to concentrate at work.
She also has an irritable stomach at times, and that her vision
also gets blurry. She also has been a vegetarian for the past 4
years. What vitamins would you recommend her to take and
why?
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VITAMINS WORKSHEETS
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Strong Bodies
Below are different cases of people experiencing
some nutrition-related problems. Prescribe the
appropriate vitamins they must consume to get
better! Suggest some foods that contain these
vitamins and minerals.
Sandy wants to become an athlete. She needs to have big and strong
bones so she can train well for her athletic events.
Ryder dreams of becoming a pilot. He does not want to encounter any
difficulty while flying so he makes sure to take care of his eyesight.
Jillian has iron deficiency and she often gets dizzy at random times.
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ANSWER KEY
Sandy wants to become an athlete. She needs to have big and strong
bones so she can train well for her athletic events.
Vitamin D – Milk, dairy, fish, egg yolk, liver
Ryder dreams of becoming a pilot. He does not want to encounter any
difficulty while flying so he makes sure to take care of his eyesight.
Vitamin A - liver, fish oils, dairy products, dark colored fruits, and
leafy vegetables
Jillian has iron deficiency and she often gets dizzy at random times.
Vitamin B12 - meats, milk, eggs, cereals, and vegetables.
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