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Mind Map by Prof. Branestawm, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Prof. Branestawm
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Fat Soluble Vitamins
- A
- Function
- Helthy mucous membranes
- Formation of
visual purple in the
eye which helps to
see in dim light
- Beta Carotene
is an antioxidant
vitamin
- Helthy mucous membranes
- Deficiency
- Night Blindness
- Excess in pregnency
can cause birth
defects
- Night Blindness
- Retinol ( ANIMAL)
- Sources
- Milk, cheese, eggs, oily fish
and cod liver oil, liver andkidney
- Milk, cheese, eggs, oily fish
and cod liver oil, liver andkidney
- Sources
- Beta-Carotene (VEGETABLE)
- Sources
- Carrots, spinach,
tomatoes, brocolli,
apricots, fortifies
margarines
- Carrots, spinach,
tomatoes, brocolli,
apricots, fortifies
margarines
- Sources
- Function
- D ( choleocalciferol)
- Function
- promotes absorption
of Calcium for healthy
bones and teeth
- promotes absorption
of Calcium for healthy
bones and teeth
- Sources
- fish liver oils, oily fish, cheese and
butter, fortified margarines, the
action of sunlight on the skin
- fish liver oils, oily fish, cheese and
butter, fortified margarines, the
action of sunlight on the skin
- Deficiency
- Rickets (children)
- Osteomalacia (elderly)
- Prevented by
exposure to sunlight
- Rickets (children)
- Function
- E (tocopherols)
- Function
- Healthy skin &
reproductive system
- An antioxidant vitamin
- Healthy skin &
reproductive system
- Sources
- most plant food, vegetable
oils, eggs, cereal products
- most plant food, vegetable
oils, eggs, cereal products
- Deficiency
- Rare
- Rare
- Function
- K
- Function
- normal clotting of the blood
- normal clotting of the blood
- Sources
- Green leafy veg,
spinach, cabbage,
meat and liver
- Green leafy veg,
spinach, cabbage,
meat and liver
- Deficiency
- rare, may occur in newborn babies.
- rare, may occur in newborn babies.
- Function
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