Vitamins

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• Vitamins

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Vitamin A

• Water - soluble. Important for eyesight, can be
  found in the retina, growth of the skin and
  mucous membrane.
• Liver, eggs, milk. As provitamin (carotene) in
  carrots, spinach, apricots, pepper, tomatoes and
  in the pumpkin.
• Nyctalopia, impairment of the cornea.
  (xerophthalmia), slowed growth.

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Vitamin ?1

• Water - soluble. Takes part in the exchange of
  carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
• Grain foods, beer and bread yeast, nuts, liver,
  meat, eggs, milk.
• Muscle weakness, polyneuritis and beriberi.

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Vitamin ?3

• Water-soluble. Takes part in cellular reduction -
  oxidation reactions
• Beer yeast, liver, meat, bean and grain foods.
• Pellagra.

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Vitamin ?12

• Water - soluble. Stimulates and regulates
  haematopoiesis, takes part in nucleic acids
  exchange and in the forming of myelin in nerve
  cells.
• Liver, kidneys, meat and milk .
• Pernicious anemia .

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Vitamin ?

• Water - soluble. Takes part in cellular
  reduction - oxidation reactions, in toxic
  substances disposal, strengths the walls of the
  blood vessels, stimulates natural immunity.
• Fresh fruits and vegetables, bigger amounts in
  briar, citrus fruits, hot peppers, blackcurrant,
  strawberries, pepper, parsley, nettle, spinach.
• Scurvy and lowered resistance towards infections.

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Vitamin D

• Fat-soluble. Regulates calcium - phosphorus
  exchange in the organism.
• Fish oil, eggs, liver, butter, milk, forms in the
  skin from provitamin. (ergosterol) under the
  influence of UV rays.
• Osteomalacia in adults, rachitis in children.

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Vitamin ? and F

• Fat-soluble. Coagulation factor
• Green vegetables, eggs, milk, liver, meat,
  synthesized by intestinal bacteria.
• Haemorrhagic diathesis.

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Vitamin H

• Water - soluble, contains sulfur, member of group
  B-complex . Very important for normal exchange of
  fats and proteins.
• Bovine liver, soy flour, bear yeast, milk,
  kidneys, paddy rice.
• Helps in case of marasmus, disturbed fat
  metabolism, anorexia, baldness, hair loss,
  depression.

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Vitamin P

• Water - soluble.
• Required for normal absorption of Vitamin C.
• Contained in apricots, black buckwheat flour,
  blackberries, cherries, briar and sour cherries.
• White coat and segment part of citrus fruits
  -lemons, oranges and grapefruits.

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Vitamin ?

• Takes part in anemia and hemophilia prevention
  and treatment.
• Sesame seed, yolk.

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Vitamin U

• Takes great part in ulcer treatment.
• Cabbage

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Choline

• Controls the formation of cholesterol. Helps for
  sending brain impulses to the brain, which
  stimulates the memory in the later years of
  humans life. Helps for disposal of toxins and
  drugs from the organism with its positive effect
  on the liver. Has relaxing effect. Efficient in
  Alzheimers disease treatment.
• Green leafed vegetables, wheat germ and lecithin
  in small qualities.

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Folic acid

• Prevents food poisonings and intestines
  parasites. Helps for the good look of the skin.
  Has analgesic effect when there is pain. It can
  slow down the graying of the hair, when used in
  combination with pantothenic and para - amino
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  Increases appetite in state of exhaustion .
  Prevents anemia development.
• Carrots, yeast, liver, yolk, melon, apricots,
  pumpkin, avocado, full-grain and dark rye flour
  and beans.

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Vitamin ?6

• Water-soluble. Released within 8 hours after
  taking and like others B vitamins can be obtained
  from food or supplements. Required for absorption
  of vitamin ?12, and for forming of magnesium and
  hydrochloric acid. Milk products contain little
  amounts of vitamin B6.
• Stimulates the right assimilation of proteins and
  fats. Also, helps to reduce the problems of
  dryness in the mouth and when urinating, which
  are caused by tricyclic antidepressants. Reduces
  the frequency of night muscles spasm, prevents
  the perception of food, hands tingling, some
  forms of neuritis in the limbs. Has natural
  diuretic action.
• Bear yeast, wheat bran, wheat germ, liver,
  kidneys, soy, melon, cabbage, molasses, rice,
  peanuts, nuts, fish, oats and nuts.

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Inositol

• Contributes for lower cholesterol. Keeps hair
  strong and prevents hair loss. Helps for eczema
  prevention, and for redistribution the fats in
  the body. It has relaxing effect.
• Liver, beer yeast, mature beans, bovine brain and
  heart, melon, grapefruit, raisins, wheat germ,
  peanuts, cabbage and raw molasses.

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• Prepared by
• Tsvetelina and Tsvetislava ?I e class
• Math High School Geo Milev, Pleven, Bulgaria