Introduction to Fruits and Vitamins

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Introduction to Fruits and Vitamins
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What is a fruit?

• Grocery Definition-
• Natural plant product that is sweet
• Fruit or Vegetable
• Apple Banana Tomato Apricot
• Cucumber Bean Pods Acorns
• Almonds Grapes Corn

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Botanical Definition

• The fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant,
  enclosing the seed or seeds.
• Fruit or Vegetable
• Apple Banana Tomato Apricot
• Cucumber Bean Pods Acorns
• Almonds Grapes Corn
• Technically all are considered fruits

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What is a Vitamin?

• Vitamin-
• organic food substances found only in living
  things, that is, plants and animals
• They are necessary for our growth, vitality, and
  general well-being.

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Vitamin Types

• Water Soluble Vitamins
• Not stored in the body and must be replaced each
  day
• Easily lost during food preparation
• Fat Soluble Vitamins
• Stored in body fat and liver
• Could become toxic in large amounts

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Essential Vitamins

• VITAMIN A (Beta Carotene),
• VITAMIN B-1 (Thiamin),
• VITAMIN B-2 (Riboflavin) ,
• VITAMIN B-6 (Pyridoxine),
• VITAMIN B-12 (Cobalamin),
• Vitamin B-3 Niacin,
• PANTOTHENIC ACID,
• BIOTIN,
• FOLIC ACID,
• INOSITOL,
• CHOLINE,
• PABA (Para Amino Benzoic Acid),
• VITAMIN C (Ascorbic Acid), V
• VITAMIN D,
• VITAMIN E.