Food Facts

Food Facts
Several studies have suggested that the best benefits of vitamins and minerals come when
theyre taken from food rather than at a supplement. Here is how you can get your daily dose
of vitamins and minerals:
Vitamin Food Sources
Vitamin A Meat dairy products
!eta "arotene
#reen leafy vegetables$ yellow and orange
fruit and vegetables %carrot
papaya pumpkin&
!' "ereal Vegetables
!( Meat beans peanuts leafy greens
!) "ereals
!* Meat pulses wheat
!'( +iver meat eggs
,olic Acid
,ermented foods containing yeast
%bread idly etc&$ fruit$ leafy vegetables
-antothenic acid +iver yeast egg yolk milk soya
!iotin .gg peanuts cheese chicken
Vitamin " "itrus fruit potatoes green vegetables
Vitamin / Sunlight
Vitamin . Almonds vegetable oils cereals leafy greens
Minerals #ood Sources
"alcium /airy products bony fish leafy greens
-hosphorus Supplied by normal eating
0odine 0odised salt
Magnesium ,ruits vegetables pulses and whole grains
1inc Seeds e.g. til %sesame&
-otassium "ereals pulses and legumes leafy greens
"opper Selenium
and "hromium
Most people get these enough from their diet