Vitamin B12 is such an important part of our diet, so many people lack in B12 and it is seriously impacting on our health. Beware of any symptoms that you may have and go to your medical practitioner if concerned.
Vitamin B12 is such an important part of our diet, so many people lack in B12 and it is seriously impacting on our health. Beware of any symptoms that you may have and go to your medical practitioner if concerned.
Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities, their deficiency causes diseases.
Biochemist Casimir Funk discovered vitamin B1 in 1912 in rice bran.
It cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism and must be obtained from the diet.
Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities, their deficiency causes diseases.
Biochemist Casimir Funk discovered vitamin B1 in 1912 in rice bran.
It cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism and must be obtained from the diet.
5. What do Vitamins
contain?
Vitamins should contain
fat-soluble vitamins water-soluble vitamins
B-complex and C.
A, D, E and K
6. What is the difference
between fat-soluble
Vitamins and water-soluble
vitamins?
Fat-soluble vitamins
are stored in the liver
and fatty tissues. Water-soluble vitamins
travel in the blood and
are stored in limited
amounts
12. What do these plants have in
common??
Most are orange or Beta-Carotene Masked in some
yellow in color is precursor of green plants
Vitamin A
13. Signs of
Deficiency *Night blindness
*Decreased resistance to infections
*Extremely dry skin, hair or nails
14. Too Much
Can Be
*Hypervitaminosis A leads to
Toxic!!
toxic symptoms:
- Dry, itchy skin
- Headaches and fatigue
- Hair loss
- Liver damage
- Blurred vision
- Loss of appetite
- Skin coloration
16. What is
Vitamin D?
Fat-soluble
1. Found in animal:
- Fatty fish (salmon, tuna, mackerel)
- Fortified milk
- Egg yolk
2. and Sunlight is the best source of vitamin
D.
17. Benefits
Prevents rickets and
osteomalacia
Helps in the calcium and
phosphorus absorption
Boosts the immune system
Vital for healthy bones and teeth
18. Deficiency
Severe:
-rickets in children.
- osteomalacia in
adults.
19. Toxicity can
result in:
*Nausea and vomiting
*Loss of appetite
*Fatigue
*Heart and kidney problems
*Hypocalcaemia