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Proteins
The Body’s Building Blocks
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.
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
Fat Soluble Vitamins
• Absorbed and transported by fat
• Stored by the body
• Include vitamins A,D,E, and K
When you have too much of a
vitamin….
• Vitamin C –
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Nausea, diarrhea, fatigue
Thiamine (B1)
Rapid pulse, weakness, headache, insomnia
Riboflavin (B2)
None reported although potential might exist
Niacin (B3)
Swollen tongue, rash, low blood pressure, diarrhea, nausea,
and vomiting
Folate (Folic acid)
Diarrhea, problems sleeping, can mask a B12 deficiency
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
Excess
• Vitamin A
Joint pain, dry and itchy skin, cracked lips, nausea, and
vomiting, weight loss
• Vitamin D
Kidney stones, fatigue, calcification of soft tissue
• Vitamin E
Dizziness, weakness, increased effect of anticlotting medication
• Vitamin K
Possible jaundice (yellow of skin), interference with anticlotting
medications
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
When you have too little
(deficiency)…
• Vitamin C
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Anemia, infections, sore gums (scurvy), muscle pain, joint pain
Thiamine (B1)
Edema, heart damage, weakness, confusion, paralysis
Riboflavin(B2)
Eyes sensitive to sun, skin rash, cracks at the corner of the
mouth
Niacin(B3)
Weakness (beriberi), dizzy, loss of appetite, confusion,
diarrhea, rash
Folate (folic acid)
Anemia, smooth red tongue, diarrhea, constipation, infections,
confusion, and weakness
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS
Deficiency
• Vitamin A
Poor teeth and bone growth, night blindness, diarrhea
• Vitamin D
Misshapen bones in children (rickets), softening of bones in
adults and bone fractures
• Vitamin E
Anemia and weakness
• Vitamin K
Hemorrhaging (hemophilia) and general bleeding problems
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS
Proteins
• Help the body grow and repair
• 1/5 of your body weight is protein
• Hair, eyes, skin, muscles, and bones are made
of protein
• Regulate body processes
• Made of chemical building blocks called amino
acids
*Note: Protein is essential, however excess is
stored as fat. Also high protein intake can stress
kidneys.
Complete Proteins
• Supply all nine *essential amino acids
• Come for animal sources with the
exception of soy products
i.e. meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy
products
*Essential amino acids are the nine amino
acids that the body cannot make. They
must be provided by your diet.
Incomplete Proteins
• Come from plant sources
• Lack one or more of the nine essential
amino acids