Water Soluble Vitamins Vitamin C Vitamin B © PDST Home Economics

Vitamin B group Name Sources Functions Deficiencies B Group Meat, fish Eggs, milk Cereals, flour Yeast Nuts Pulse veg Release of energy from food. Healthy nervous system. Retarded growth Tiredness Beriberi Pellagra Folic Acid Wholemeal bread Breakfast cereals Normal development of foetus during pregnancy Neural tube defects e.g. Spina Bifida

Beriberi and Pellagra Beriberi = a nerve disease Pellagra = dermatitis, dementia, diarrhoea

Vitamin C Name Sources Functions Deficiency Vitamin C Ascorbic acid Fruit: blackcurrants, oranges, lemons, limes, strawberries Vegetables: Cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, lettuce General good health Healthy Gums Healing wounds Scurvy Delayed healing