1. Drivers of Cell Processes
Vitamins
Drivers of Cell Processes

2. Vitamins Keep your body tissues healthy
Help carbohydrates, fats and proteins do their work.
Have antioxidant properties
*Antioxidants protect body cells from harmful chemicals, certain foods and tobacco smoke.

3. Fat Soluble Vitamins Absorbed and transported by fat
Stored by the body

4. Vitamin A Keeps skin and hair healthy Maintains healthy eyesight
Found in: liver, sweet potatoes, carrots, mangoes, spinach, cantaloupe, dried apricots,
milk, egg yolks, mozzarella cheese
Prevents: Night blindness
Deficiency: Dry scaly skin and fatigue
Excess: Severe headaches, bone pain, hair loss, and liver damage

5. Vitamin D Regulates calcium in the bloodstream
Maintains all body tissues
Known as the sunshine vitamin
Found in:eggs, orange juice, salmon, tuna, dairy
Prevents: Rickets
Deficiency: Osteomalacia or soft bones
Excess: Causes toxicity and may effect kidneys and other soft organs

6. Vitamin E Maintains a healthy immune and nervous system
Serves as an antioxidant
Found in: seafood, cheese, nuts, avocado
Prevents: Erythrocyte hemolysis in babies
Deficiencies are rare
Excess: May interfere with blood clotting

7. Vitamin K Coagulates blood Aids in mineral absorption for strong bones
Found in kale, collards, spinach, and turnip greens are the highest.
Deficiencies are rare
Excess: Jaundice

8. Water Soluble Vitamins
Dissolve in water
Pass easily through the blood stream
Not stored by the body
Include Vitamin C and the eight B vitamins

9. B Vitamins Thiamin Normal functioning of nerves and muscles
Prevents: Beriberi
Found in turkey, liver, liver oil, tuna, chili peppers, lentils, bananas, potatoes!

10. Niacin Promotes healthy digestion Prevents pellegra
Excess could result in rash, dizziness and low blood pressure

11. Riboflavin Helps body use carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
Healthy skin and normal eyesight
Prevents cracks around the mouth

12. Other water soluble vitamins B vitamins include:
Pantothenic acid
Biotin
B 6
B 12
Folate

13. Vitamin C Also known as ascorbic acid Assists in formulating collagen
Vital to the immune system
Serves as an antioxidant
Prevents: Scurvy
Excess: Diarrhea, stomach cramps