Statements/Questions Answers

Are some trace minerals
Fat-soluble vitamins
Why do water-soluble vitamins need to
be replaced often?
How does vitamin A help your body?
How do the B vitamins help your body?
Helps to heal wounds
Strengthens bones and muscles
Consists of two forms: retinol and beta-
carotene.
Helps your muscles move
What does calcium do for your body?
Foods that contain calcium
What does hemoglobin do?
What is hemoglobin?
Foods that contain iron
Name: Shanta Mathai
Match the following statements with the correct answers.
Carries oxygen to all the body's cells.
Milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream.
Helps let you see at night and in color.
Calcium
Red meat, liver, dried beans, baked
potatoes, apricots, whole grain breads,
raisins.
Vitamins A,D, E & K
A chemical in red blood cells.
They are used up immediately and can't be
stored.
Vitamin A
Builds strong bones, transmits nerve
impulses, maintain a normal heart beat.
Copper, iodine, iron, zinc, fluoride.
Potassium
Release energy from foods.
Vitamin C

Answer the following questions:

1. Why is it advised to consume orange juice with iron rich plant based foods? (2
marks)
This is advised because oranges contain a lot of vitamin C, which assists with
non-heme (plant) absorption. Therefore, the vitamin C in the orange juice, helps
the iron to be absorbed by the body better.
2. Which vitamin controls the absorption of calcium? (1 mark)
Vitamin D controls the absorption of Calcium.
3. Potatoes contain vitamin C, why then relatively none is available when mashed
potatoes are eaten? (2 marks)
No vitamin C from potatoes is present when mashed, because the vitamin C is
easily destroyed during processing and storage by oxygen, heat, light and action
of copper and iron.