SOLUBLE WATER VITAMINS
THIAMIN (Vitamin B1) DESTROYED BY HEAT DESTROYED BY HEAT WATER LEACHING LOSS RIBOFLAVIN (Vitamin B2) WATER LEACHING LOSS DESTROYED BY LIGHT
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
NIACIN ENERGY METABOLISM MILK, MEAT, ENRICHED GRAINS PELLAGRA (SKIN, MENTAL, AND DIARRHEA) IF ABSENT EXCESS CAUSES HEADACHES AND FLUSHED SKIN IN PEOPLE WATER LEACHING LOSS
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN C HORMONE SYNTHESIS, IRON ABSORPTION, COLLAGEN , FORMATION CITRUS FRUITS AND OTHER FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES USED AS AN ANTIOXIDANT
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN C (cont.) SCURVY: LOWERS IMMUNE RESPONSE IF ABSENT EXCESS: GOUT AND KIDNEY STONES HEAT SENSITIVE WATER LEACHING LOSS Folate - Enrichment bread flour
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN A (RETINOL) CELL MAINTENENCE (EYE); NIGHT BLINDNESS, if not enough in diet VEGETABLES, FRUITS (as carotene produces two retinols in human gut), LIVER STUNTED GROWTH IF ABSENT
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN A (cont.) HEADACHE, BLURRED VISION, YELLOWING SKIN IN EXCESS LOSS DURING SKIMMING (of milk) HEAT AND LIGHT SENSITIVE
1
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN D ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS EGG, COD LIVER OIL, MILK, STEROL (SUNLIGHT)
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN D (cont.) BONE MALFORMATION (RICKETS) OR BONE SOFTENING (OSTEOMALACIA) IF ABSENT FEVER, VOMITING, DIARRHEA - TISSUE CALCIFICATION IN - EXCESS LOSS DURING SKIMMING
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
VITAMIN E PROTECTS UNSATURATED FATS FROM OXIDATION OILS HIGH IN POLYUNSATURATED. FATS ANTIOXIDANT (TOCOPHEROL) IN FOODS STAYS WITH FAT DURING OIL MANUFACTURE
MINERALS
INORGANIC FOUND IN ASH ANALYSIS IN FORM OF A SALT (IN COMBINATION WITH ANOTHER ELEMENT)
MACRO MINERALS
SODIUM NERVE TRANSMISSION, WATER BALANCE OO S, OC SS ANIMAL FOODS, PROCESSED FOODS NO ABSORPTION PROBLEMS NERVE AND HEART FUNCTION, MUSCLE CRAMPS, NAUSEA FAINTING IF ABSENT
MACRO MINERALS
SODIUM (cont.) HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN EXCESS (hypertension) BIND FLAVOR, WATER, SODIUM COMPOUNDS IN FOODS WATER SOLUBILITY OF SALTS
2
MACRO MINERALS
POTASSIUM NERVE TRANSMISSION, WATER BALANCE ORANGE JUICE, BANANAS, DRIED FRUITS NO ABSORPTION PROBLEMS
MACRO MINERALS
Potassium (cont'd.) HEART PROBLEMS, IMPAIRED NERVE FUNCTION IF ABSENT HEART PROBLEMS IN EXCESS (RARE) SODIUM REPLACEMENT IN FOODS
MACRO MINERALS
PHOSPHORUS BONE AND TEETH STRUCTURE, ENERGY (ATP), PHOSPHOLIPIDS , O GRAIN, C , CEREALS S MEAT, WHOLE G WEAK BONES AND TEETH IF ABSENT EASILY ABSORBED USED AS ACIDULANT (FLAVOR) AND WATER BINDER (CURED MEAT)
MACRO MINERALS
CALCIUM STRUCTURE OF BONE AND TEETH, MUSCLE CONTRACTION DAIRY PRODUCTS, VEGETABLES, BEANS ABSORPTION NOT 100% FORTIFICATION OF FOODS, ESPECIALLY ORANGE JUICES, APPLE JUICES, ETC.
MACRO MINERALS
CALCIUM (cont.) FACTORS AFFECTING ABSORPTION: 1. AGE 2. SEX 3. 3 PHYSICAL CONDITION (PREGNANCY LACTATING) 4. DIET VIT. D - Phosphorus PHYTIC ACID
MACRO MINERALS
CALCIUM (cont.) ADULTS; OSTEOPOROSIS (WEAK BONES. CHILDREN; STUNTED GROWTH, BONE MALFORMATION IF ABSENT NO EXCESS ISSUES. 1:1 CA/P RATIO ADDITIVE ONLY AS SUPPLEMENT TRACE MINERALS
3
MACRO MINERALS
IRON HEMO...