| Vitamin |
Source |
Involved with |
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| A Retinol or carotene |
Liver, dairy produce, eggs, carrots & green leaf veg |
Visual processes, connective tissue, skin |
| B1 Thiamin |
Meat, whole grains, legumes & nuts |
Carbohydrate metabolism, CNS function |
| B2 Riboflavin |
Liver, dairy produce, meat, cereal |
Carbohydrate metabolism, Vision & skin |
| B6 Pyridoxin |
Meat, fish, green leaf veg, legumes & whole grains |
Protein metabolism, red blood cell formation, CNS function |
| B12 Cyanocobalamin |
Meat, fish & dairy produce |
Red blood cell formation & CNS function |
| Niacin |
Liver, meat, fish , nuts & cereal products |
Carbohyrate and fat metabolism |
| Folic acid |
Liver, legumes, green leaf veg |
Regulates growth of cells incudling red blood cells |
| C Ascorbic acid |
Grenn leaf veg, fruit, potatoes & white bread |
Connective tissue, iron, healing infection, absorption/,metabolism |
| D Calciferols |
Dairy produce, sunlight on skin |
Calcium meatbolism, bones & teeth |
| E tocopherols |
Vegetable oils, liver, green leaf veg, dairy produce & whole grains |
Protects vitamins A & C and protects form fatty acids from destruction in body ( anti-oxidant) |
| K |
Grenn leaf veg & liver |
Prevents clotting of blodd &increases fat digestion |
