VITAMINS
VITAMIN A (Retinol)
Dairy products, cod liver oil,liver, dark green and yellow vegetables and fruits
FUNCTION
- Maintains eye health
- Promotes growth and development, maintains healthy bones and teeth
- Enhances the protection and regeneration of cells and mucous membrane
- Maintains healthy respiratory and intestinal tracts
- Maintain healthy hair, nails and skin
- Night blindness, dry eyes
- Dry skin
- Stomach discomfort
- Poor growth
- Weak bones and teeth
- Dry, scaly, peeling, and itchy skin, rash
- Hair loss
- Poor appetite, fatigue
- Vomiting, stomach discomfort
- Liver injury
- Headache, bone pain
- Nervousness, irritability
VITAMIN B
VITAMIN B1 (Thymine)
VITAMIN B1 (Thymine)
SOURCE
sprouts, yeast
Desease
Beri-beri
VITAMIN B2 (Ryboflabin)
Desease
Beri-beri
VITAMIN B2 (Ryboflabin)
SOURCE
sprout, present in cow's milk(yellowish)
Desease
Cheilosis, ulceration
VITAMIN B6 (Pyridoxine)
FUNCTION
It is responsible for rememeber dreams.
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
- Anaemia
- Nervousness, insomnia, depression
- Muscle cramps
VITAMIN C (Ascorbic acid)
SOURCE
Citrus fruits(orange,grapefruit,lemon),strawberry,black current,kiwi fruit, tomato, green leafy vegetables, green pepper
FUNCTION
- Helps synthesize collagen; promotes the growth and repair of cells, gum, teeth, blood vessels and bones
- Helps healing after operation and injury
- Helps calcium and iron absorption
- Enhances immunity
SYMPTOMS OF DEFICIENCY
- Scurvy
- Gum
- inflammation and bleeding, fall of teeth
- Susceptibility to skin bleeding, burst of capillary vessels
- Weakness, fatigue
- Bone pain, swollen and aching joints
SYMPTOMS OF EXCESS
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Kidney stone
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