Vitamin Foods
Vitamin Benefits
Mineral Foods
Mineral Benefits
Mystery Questions
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What is a common example of a vitamin C fruit?
citrus fruits, orange, lemon
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Besides keeping your skin healthy, what is one other thing vitamin A does for your body?
Vitamin A prevents eye problems, promotes a healthy immune system, is essential for the growth and development of cells, and keeps skin healthy.
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What is 1 type of food where you could find iron?
Iron-rich foods include red meat, pork, fish and shellfish, poultry, lentils, beans and soy foods, green leafy vegetables, and raisins. Some flours, cereals, and grain products are also fortified with iron.
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What is the benefit of Iron in the body?
Iron helps red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of the body.
100

True of False: chocolate contains magnesium?

True.

200
Give one example of a food that contains vitamin K.
leafy green vegetables dairy products, like milk and yogurt broccoli soybean oil
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What is one thing Vitamin E does for the body?
Vitamin E is an antioxidant and helps protect cells from damage. It is also important for the health of red blood cells.
200
Potassium can be found in broccoli and beans but what is the most common fruit where you can find potassium?
Bananas
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What is one way Zinc benefits the body?
Zinc is important for normal growth, strong immunity, and wound healing.
200
What is one type of food that has vitamin E ?
Vitamin E is found in many foods, such as vegetable oils, nuts, and green leafy vegetables. Avocados, wheat germ, and whole grains are also good sources.
300
Besides fish oils and other foods how can somebody else get vitamin D?
Your body manufactures it when you get sunlight on your skin!
300

This vitamin is needed to form collagen, a tissue that helps to hold cells together. It's essential for healthy bones, teeth, gums, and blood vessels. It helps the body absorb iron, aids in wound healing, and contributes to brain function.

Vitamin C

300
What are 2 types of foods I can find magnesium in?
You get magnesium from whole grains and whole-grain breads, nuts and seeds, green leafy vegetables, potatoes, beans, avocados, bananas, milk, and chocolate
300
What is the mineral that steadies the heart rhythm, and helps nerves and muscles function?
Magnesium
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What is the main job of vitamin K for the body?

Blood clotting

400

What 2 colors of vegetable and fruits have Vitamin A in them?

darkly coloured orange or green vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and kale, and orange fruits such as cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, papayas, and mangos.

400
How does Vitamin D strengthen bones?
Vitamin D strengthens bones because it helps the body absorb bone-building calcium.
400
Besides dairy products like milk and cheese, where could you find calcium?
You'll also find this mineral in broccoli and dark green, leafy vegetables. Soy foods and foods fortified with calcium, including some kinds of orange juice and soy milk, are also good sources.
400

I am a mineral vital for building bones and health gums

Calcium

400

I am a mineral that helps control blood pressure.

Sodium

500

Give 1 example of a food that contains a B vitamin

whole grains, such as wheat and oats fish and seafood poultry and meats eggs dairy products, like milk and yogurt leafy green vegetables beans and peas

500

Carrots have a lot of this vitamin in them!

Vitamin A

500
Oysters and seafoods can be found in what mineral?
Zinc
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What is 1 thing potassium does for the body?

Potassium helps with heart, muscle, and nervous system function. It also helps the body maintain the balance of water in the blood and body tissues.

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What is a symptom of iron deficiency?
weakness and fatigue, lightheadedness, and shortness of breath.
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