1. Vitamins and Minerals

2. Spark Starter

3. To Do for Today Learn about Vitamins and Minerals
Do a Scavenger Hunt around the room to learn more about vitamins and minerals.

4. Vitamins What are they? What do they in our bodies?
How do we get them into our bodies?
What are some examples?

5. Vitamins Vitamins help the body to grow and develop normally.
Humans require 13 different vitamins each affecting the body in a different way.

6. 2 Kinds of Vitamins
Fat Soluble- Vitamins A, D, E, K
Can be stored in body; excess not excreted, potential for toxicity
Provided through dietary intake except for Vitamin D (“sunshine vitamin”
Water Soluble -Vitamin C, B Complex
Cannot be stored in body, provided by dietary intake

7. Set up your notes as follows to provide notes on important vitamins:
Vitamin Why is it important? Where can you find it? Vitamin A Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Vitamin C (5) B Vitamins

8. Minerals What are they? What do they in our bodies?
How do we get them into our bodies?
What are some examples?

9. Minerals
Inorganic elements that help the body to perform chemical reactions

10. Minerals Two main categories :
The major minerals: body needs a sufficient amount to be healthy
calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, and chloride.
The trace minerals the body only needs small amounts
iron, zinc, iodine, copper, manganese, fluoride, chromium, selenium, and molybdenum.

11. Set up your notes as follows to provide notes on important minerals:
Mineral Why is it important? Where can you find it? Calcium Phosphorous Sodium Potassium Iron Zinc Iodine Copper

12. Vitamins and minerals scavenger hunt!
You and your group will fill out your notes by cruising through the room to find the purpose and source of each vitamin and mineral that I named. Please use common sense and respect during this activity!

13. Vitamin A aka Retinol Helps vision Keeps skin healthy Deficiency:
Night blindness
Xerophthalmia

14. Vitamin D cholecalciferol
Needed for strong teeth and bones
Regulates calcium and phosphorus metabolism
Deficiency:
Rickets – bone deformity

15. Vitamin E Tocopherol
Antioxidant role (prevents destruction of Vit. A & C)
Protects cell membranes from damage
Protects red blood cells (rbc)
Deficiency:
Reduced # of RBC
Nerve tissue damage in infants

16. Vitamin K Helps in clotting blood Found in green leafy vegetables
Deficiency –
Bleeding caused by prolonged clotting time

17. Vitamin C Helps keep gums, teeth, bones healthy
Needed for wound healing
Deficiency: Scurvy –
swollen and bleeding gums
loose teeth
slow-healing wounds

18. B1 Thiamin B2 Riboflavin Helps cells use energy in foods
Needed for healthy nerves

19. B3 Niacin B6 Pyridoxine Helps cells use energy in foods
Needed for red blood cells
Keeps nerves healthy
Helps cells use energy in foods

20. B12 Cobalamine Helps cells use energy in foods
Needed for formation of RBC
Deficiency – pernicious anemia

21. Calcium
Deficiency:
– osteoporosis
Helps form strong bones and teeth

22. Phosphorus Magnesium Needed for healthy nerve cells
Source: Nuts, wheat germ, brown rice, oats, barley, bananas, green leafy vegetables.
Helps build strong bones and teeth
Source: Brewer's yeast, milk, cheese, sardines.

23. Sodium Potassium Helps nerves send signals Helps nerves send signals
Helps keep fluid in cells
Source: All fresh fruits and vegetables, potatoes, bananas, whole grains, sunflower seeds.
Helps nerves send signals
Helps keep fluid in cells
Source: table salt

24. Iron Zinc Helps red blood cells carry oxygen
Source: Wheat germ, dark green vegetables, liver, sardines, lean beef, chicken.
Needed for tissue growth
Source: Nuts, seeds, beans, legumes, eggs, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, wheat germ, shellfish, fish, oatmeal, baked potato, brown rice.

25. Iodine Copper Needed for healthy red blood cells Boosts immunity
Needed by thyroid gland to control rate of energy used by cells
Sources: Iodized salt, fish, kelp, seaweed
Needed for healthy red blood cells
Boosts immunity
Source: Nuts, beans, peanuts, whole wheat bread, liver, lean beef

26. Vitamins and Minerals Exit Quiz
1. In the early 1900s, many children had a disease called rickets. Research showed that the children had a deficiency of a vitamin that is necessary for the proper formation of bones.
Which of these vitamins was lacking in the diets of these children?
vitamin A
vitamin C
vitamin D
vitamin K

27. Vitamins and Minerals Exit Quiz 2
Vitamins and Minerals Exit Quiz 2. Which vitamin helps your blood to clot? 3. Which vitamin keeps your eyes healthy?