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what is vitamins |
essential substances in food that body need in small amt for normal body function and growth and maintenance |
essential, small amt |
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what types |
fat soluble and water soluble |
solubility |
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what is fat soluble |
soluble in fats, stored in lover and fatty tissue till used by body |
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what is water soluble |
soluble in water, easily absorbed and used by body , excreted when taken in excess |
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what is visual purple |
pigment in eye to let u see in dim light |
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what does vitamin a produce |
produce and maintain tissue lining that protect body organ and produce wbc and needed for activity of wbc |
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last use of vitamin a |
acts as antioxidant which protects body cells against attacks by free radicals that can cause health problems like cancer and heart disease |
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sources of vitamin a |
plant: papaya , carrot animal : egg yolk , liver |
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