FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS

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FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
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FYI

• Your body can store excesses of fat soluble
  vitamins and can draw on reserves when your
  intake is low

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Vitamin A AKA The Beauty Vitamin

• Forms healthy epithelial tissue which keeps skin
  and hair healthy
• Helps keep the eyes free from dryness and
  infection
• Maintains healthy eyesight

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FOOD SOURCES OF VITAMIN A
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Beta carotene

• Is found in plant foods and is the precursor or
  provitamin of Vitamin A
• The deeper the color of the food, the more Beta
  Carotene it contains

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Vitamin A Deficiencies

• Symptoms include dry, scaly skin, and fatigue
• Night Blindness eyes adapt slowly to darkness
  and night vision becomes poor
• Deficiency is one of the leading causes of
  blindness in the world

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Vitamin A Toxicity

• Severe headaches
• Dry skin
• Hair loss
• Liver damage

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Vitamin D The Sunshine Vitamin

• Helps Calcium form strong bones
• Helps regulate blood calcium levels

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Sources of Vitamin D
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Vitamin D Deficiencies

• Rickets
• Osteomalacia

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Vitamin D Excess

• Can be poisonous
• Toxicity occurs from consuming too many
  supplements
• Raises blood calcium levels and the excess is
  absorbed into the kidneys and other soft organs

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Vitamin E

• Helps break down polyunsaturated fats
• Antioxidant helps protect blood cell membranes
  from overexposure to oxygen

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Food sources of Vitamin E