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Vitamins and Minerals
+Spark Starter
+To Do for Today
Learn about Vitamins and Minerals
Do a Scavenger Hunt around the room to learn more about vitamins and minerals.
+Vitamins
What are they?
What do they in our bodies?
How do we get them into our bodies?
What are some examples?
+Vitamins
Vitamins help the body to grow and develop normally.
Humans require 13 different vitamins each affecting the body in a different way.
+ 2 Kinds of Vitamins
Fat Soluble- Vitamins A, D, E, K
Can be stored in body; excess not excreted, potential for toxicity
Provided through dietary intake except for Vitamin D (“sunshine vitamin”
Water Soluble -Vitamin C, B Complex
Cannot be stored in body, provided by dietary intake
+Set up your notes as follows to provide notes on important vitamins:
Vitamin Why is it important? Where can you find it?
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin C
(5) B Vitamins
+Minerals
What are they?
What do they in our bodies?
How do we get them into our bodies?
What are some examples?
+Minerals
Inorganic elements that help the body to perform chemical reactions
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Two main categories : The major minerals: body needs a
sufficient amount to be healthy calcium, phosphorus, magnesium,
sodium, potassium, and chloride. The trace minerals the body only needs
small amountsiron, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese,
fluoride, chromium, selenium, and molybdenum.
Minerals
+Set up your notes as follows to provide notes on important minerals:
Mineral Why is it important? Where can you find it?
Calcium
Phosphorous
Sodium
Potassium
Iron
Zinc
Iodine
Copper
+Vitamins and minerals scavenger hunt!
You and your group will fill out your notes by cruising through the room to find the purpose and source of each vitamin and mineral that I named.
Please use common sense and respect during this activity!
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Helps vision
Keeps skin healthy
Deficiency: Night
blindness Xerophthalmi
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Vitamin A aka Retinol
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Needed for strong teeth and bones
Regulates calcium and phosphorus metabolism
Vitamin D cholecalciferol
Deficiency:
Rickets – bone deformity
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Antioxidant role (prevents destruction of Vit. A & C)
Protects cell membranes from damage
Protects red blood cells (rbc)
Deficiency: Reduced # of RBC Nerve tissue
damage in infants
Vitamin E Tocopherol
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Helps in clotting blood
Found in green leafy vegetables
Vitamin K
Deficiency –
Bleeding caused by prolonged clotting time
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Helps keep gums, teeth, bones healthy
Needed for wound healing
Vitamin CVitamin C
Deficiency: Scurvy –
• swollen and bleeding gums
• loose teeth
• slow-healing wounds
Needed for healthy nerves
Helps cells use energy in foods
B1 Thiamin B2 Riboflavin
Helps cells use
energy in foods
Needed for red blood cells
Keeps nerves healthy
B3 Niacin B6 Pyridoxine
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Helps cells use energy in foods
Needed for formation of RBC
B12 Cobalamine
Deficiency – pernicious anemia
Calcium
Helps form strong bones and teeth
Deficiency:
– osteoporosis
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Needed for healthy nerve cells
Source: Nuts, wheat germ, brown rice, oats, barley, bananas, green leafy vegetables.
Helps build strong bones and teeth
Source: Brewer's yeast, milk, cheese, sardines.
MagnesiumPhosphorus
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Helps nerves send signals
Helps keep fluid in cells
Source: All fresh fruits and vegetables, potatoes, bananas, whole grains, sunflower seeds.
Helps nerves send signals
Helps keep fluid in cells
Source: table salt
PotassiumSodium
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Needed for tissue growth
Source: Nuts, seeds, beans, legumes, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, wheat germ, shellfish, fish, oatmeal, baked potato, brown rice.
Helps red blood cells carry oxygen
Source: Wheat germ, dark green vegetables, liver, sardines, lean beef, chicken.
ZincIron
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Needed for healthy red blood cells
Boosts immunity
Source: Nuts, beans, peanuts, whole wheat bread, liver, lean beef
Needed by thyroid gland to control rate of energy used by cells
Sources: Iodized salt, fish, kelp, seaweed
CopperIodine
Vitamins and Minerals Exit Quiz
1. In the early 1900s, many children had a disease called rickets. Research showed that the children had a deficiency of a vitamin that is necessary for the proper formation of bones.
Which of these vitamins was lacking in the diets of these children?
A.vitamin A
B.vitamin C
C.vitamin D
D.vitamin K
+Vitamins and Minerals Exit Quiz
2. Which vitamin helps your blood to clot?
3. Which vitamin keeps your eyes healthy?