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    FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS

    Vitamin A (Retinol): Vitamin A is an essential vitamin for humans, the following are some of
    the benefits of this vitamin.
    1.Vitamin A is necessary for the synthesis of visual hemoglobinIn retinal cells
    2.It gives immunity against many diseases.
    3.It helps in the division of cells that make up the brain and lungs.
    4.It has a role in producing white blood cells, which are considered the body’s main line of
    defense.
    5.It helps to strengthen the scalp and thus prevent hair loss.
    6.It works to restore hair color and reduce the amount of dandruff on the scalp.
    VITAMIN K FUNCTIONS
    1.Treats poisonings resulting from some blood medications.

    2.It helps the fetus grow appropriately and soundly.

    3.It protects the heart and arteries from hardening.

    4.It reduces menstrual pain by regulating hormones.

    5.It is injected into newborn babies to protect them from any bleeding.

    6.Treats bile duct obstruction.


    WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
    Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
    Vitamin B1 functions:

    1-It plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism.

    2- Vitamin B1 is very necessary for maintaining nerve health.


    FOOD SOURCES
    1.Animal foods: liver - kidneys - eggs and meat.

    2.Plant foods: vegetables and whole grains, and it is preferable to eat brown

    bread.
    VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN)
    Vitamin B2 functions:1.It extracts energy from fats and protein and
    carbohydrates in the foods we eat.
    2.Essential for growth and skin health.
    Vitamin B2 deficiency leads to:The appearance of skin symptoms
    characterized by inflammation and redness Lips, cracked corners of the
    mouth, and sore tongue.
    Food sources:Foods Rich in Vitamin B2 – Riboflavin Riboflavin is found
    mainly in milk products, meat, fish, broccoli, poultry, and spinach.
    Daily need:0.60 mg/1000 kilocalories per day.
    VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE)
    Vitamin B6 functions:Vitamin B is used to treat various conditions, such as
    preventing miscarriage in early pregnancy.

    Vitamin B6 deficiency: Its deficiency leads to the appearance of skin spots


    around the eyes, nose and mouth and the appearance of other neurological
    symptoms.

    Food sources:Poultry, fish, eggs, and liver, as well as oats, pistachios, and
    soybeans, are rich sources of pyridoxine.

    Daily need:2.1_1.2 mg/day for an adult individual


    VITAMIN B12
    (CYANOCOBALAMIN)
    Vitamin B12 is the only vitamin in nature that contains a mineral element. It is

    bound to cobalt, and is not absorbed from the intestine except by providing a

    special protein called intrinsic factor, which it secretes Stomach walls

    naturally
    VITAMIN B12 FUNCTIONS
    1.It has an essential role in the process of formation and maturation of red
    blood cells.

    2.It affects the bone marrow to form white blood cells and the rest of the blood
    discs.

    Vitamin B12 deficiency:

    It leads to pernicious anemia (Addison's anemia), which is characterized by


    immaturity of red blood cells in the bone marrow.
    VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC
    ACID)
    This vitamin is absorbed directly from the intestine.

    Vitamin C functions:

    1.Vitamin C helps maintain the skin and connective tissues.

    2.Vitamin C is a producer of collagen, which is the protein that helps support


    tendons and ligaments and blood vessels.

    3.It helps avoid catching a cold.

    4.It effectively helps in the process of absorbing iron from the intestine.
    FOLIC ACID
    1.Necessary for the formation and maturation of red blood cells.
    2.It plays an important role in the formation of nucleic acids
    Folic acid deficiency:
    Its deficiency leads to the emergence of a severe type of anemia, which is of
    the mechaloblastic type (megalobastic) which is characterized by a large
    number of large blood cells.
    Food sources: Liver, yeast extract, and green leafy vegetables are sources
    essential for folate.
    Daily need:
    400 micrograms per adulate

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