Vitamins

Presented by:
KHRYCYS G. OLAIREZ

What is
Vitamins?

Vitamin
s- Nutrients that are essential

for the normal growth and

development, and are
required in small quantities in
the diet because they cannot
be synthesized by the body.

Two types
Vitamins

BRIEF COMPARISON ABOUT

FAT AND WATER SOLUBLE
VITAMINS
FAT SOLUBLE
WATER SOLUBLE
VITAMINS

VITAMINS

FAT/LIPID
S
LIVER

NO

ABSORBABIL
ITY

NON
E

STORAG
E

NON
E

HEAT AND
LIGHT
SENSITIVE

YES

BRIEF COMPARISON ABOUT

FAT AND WATER SOLUBLE
VITAMINS
FAT SOLUBLE
WATER SOLUBLE
VITAMINS

VITAMINS

TOXIC LEVELS COULD CAUSE

Types of
Fat-Soluble
Vitamins

Vitamin A
OTHER NAME :

RETINOL

MAIN FUNCTION :
Maintaining
the integrity of the mucous
membranes.
OTHER FUNCTION : Eyesight

SOURCES :

Vitamin D

OTHER NAME :

CALCIFEROL
MAIN FUNCTION : Promotes
the
absorption of Calcium and
Phosphate for stronger bones
and
teeth.

SOURCES :

Vitamin E
OTHER NAME :

TOCOPHEROL
MAIN FUNCTION :
Anti-Oxidant Property
OTHER FUNCTION : Skin
Whitening

SOURCES :

Types of
Water
-Soluble
Vitamins

Vitamin C

Also called as ASCORBIC

ACID
MAIN FUNCTION : Maintaining
the
integrity of the capillary
membranes.
OTHER FUNCTION : Boost
Immune
System

SOURCES :

Vitamin BComplex

MAIN FUNCTION :
Formation of Red Blood
Cells
and for the normal
functioning
of the Nervous System.

SOURCES :

Assignment

1.
What is Vitamin Deficiency?
2.What are the different vitamin deficiencies?

3.How can we manage those

vitamin deficiencies?