Vitamin Revision

A vitamin is

• something everyone needs to be healthy.

• a chemical substance found in food.

• something that's only found in fruit and vegetables.

There are two groups of vitamins - fat soluble and water soluble?

• True

• False

Water soluble vitamins are​ ​ (a)  

• found in foods with a high water content.
• found in foods containing fats.​

Fat soluble vitamins are​ ​ (a)  

• found in foods containing fats.
• found in foods with a high water content

Water soluble vitamins are:

Fat soluble vitamins are:

Match the following

• are needed daily

• Antioxidant

• prevent chemicals from picking up oxygen so that they cannot damage the body’s cells.​

• Fat Soluble Vitamin

• are stored in the body

• Water Soluble Vitamin

Match the following

• maintain healthy skin and eyes, and strengthen the body's natural defence against illness

• Vitamin A

• Healthy nervous & digestive system 

  Energy release

• Vitamin D

• Aids vision in dim light

• Vitamin C

• Absorption of Calcium 

  Strong bones & teeth. Prevents rickets.

• Vitamin E

• Aids wound healing

  Prevents scurvy

• Vitamin B