Vitamin A
What is a function of Vitamin A in the body?
Vision
What is a function of Vitamin D?
Bone Strength
What is a function of Vitamin E?
Wound healing
Antioxidant
What is a function of Vitamin K?
Blood clotting
What is a deficiency of Vitamin A?
Night Blindness
What is a deficiency of Vitamin D?
Rickets in Children and
osteomalacia in adults
What is a deficiency of vitamin E?
Anemia
What is a deficiency of Vitamin C?
Scurvy
What is a deficiency of Vitamin K?
Hemorrhaging
What is a toxicity of Vitamin A?
Birth defects
What is a toxicity of Vitamin D?
Hypercalcemia
What is a toxicity of Vitamin E?
Supplements can
interfere with Vitamin K function
and cause uncontrolled bleeding.
What is a toxicity of vitamin C?
Vomiting
What is a toxicity of Vitamin K?
Not common
What is a food source of Vitamin A?
Carrot
What is a food source of Vitamin D?
Dairy products and sunlight
What is a food source of Vitamin E?
Green leafy vegetables.
What is a food source of Vitamin C?
Citrus fruits
What is a food source of vitamin K?
Beans and soybeans
Fun Fact about Vitamin A?
Beta Carotene is a Precursor
Fun Fact about Vitamin D?
It is known as the "sunshine vitamin"
Fun Fact about Vitamin E?
May help prevent or delay
Alzheimer’s Disease
Fun Fact about Vitamin C?
90 mg/d (men), 75 mg/d
(women), + 35 mg/d (smokers)
Fun Fact about Vitamin K?
A standard dose is given to
babies at Birth