1. FRUITS AND VITAMIN C NOTES

2. What are Vitamins? Chemicals that help the body function properly.

3. B. Water Soluble B C Remember – The Bee (B) goes into the Sea (C) and the sea is water. Kinds of Vitamins A. Fat soluble A D E K Remember – “A deck” without the C.

4. Where are they? Large amounts of B vitamins are found in grains and in animal foods Fruits and Vegetables are good sources of Vitamins A and C Your body manufactures vitamin D Vitamin E can be found in nuts and seeds and green leafy vegetables Vitamin K is in fruits and vegetables, dairy products, eggs, and wheat

5. Vitamin C 1. Sometimes called ascorbic acid 2. Unstable – destroyed by air and heat and it is dissolved in water (Water soluble) air heat water

6. What Does it Do? 1. Helps to form collagen which gives structure to bones, teeth, connective tissue, and blood vessels 2. Helps in healing wounds 3. Helps skin to resist infection 4. Aids in the absorption of iron 5. Works as an antioxidant

7. Discovery of Vitamin C Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of Vit. C that has been around even in Bible days. It causes bleeding gums, loss of teeth, liver spots on the skin and many other terrible symptoms. Untreated it leads to death. In olden days many sailors got scurvy. It was a real problem for the seamen but no one knew what was causing it. In the 1500’s one ship’s captain found a witchdoctor in Newfoundland that had a magic potion of pine needles that cured his sailors.

8. Discovery of Vitamin C Scurvy is a disease caused by a deficiency of Vit. C that has been around even in Bible days. It causes bleeding gums, loss of teeth, liver spots on the skin and many other terrible symptoms. Untreated it leads to death. In olden days many sailors got scurvy. It was a real problem for the seamen but no one knew what was causing it. In the 1500’s one ship’s captain found a witchdoctor in Newfoundland that had a magic potion of pine needles that cured his sailors.

9. In 1747 a Doctor James Lind thought that the disease might be caused by the poor diet the sailors were eating so he tried an experiment. He divided some of the sailors into pairs and added the following things to each pairs diet. 2 had cider 2 had vinegar 2 had acid, alcohol ginger and cinnamon 2 had garlic, mustard and herbs 2 had seawater 2 had oranges and lemons

10. Which sailors were cured? The 2 sailors that ate the oranges and lemons were cured of their scurvy. This proved that something in these fruits was the cure but they still didn’t know exactly what it was. From then on the sailors were fed citrus fruit and in England became known as “Limeys”.

11. How Often Do I Need Vit. C? Because Vitamin C is water soluble it is not stored in the body. Any extra that you eat is discarded from the body. Therefore, you should eat a Vitamin C rich food every day!

12. Good Sources of Vit. C Mother’s milk Strawberries Oranges (citrus fruits) Broccoli Cantaloupe Grapefruit Cauliflower Potatoes

13. Learning About Fruit There are 6 different categories of fruits.

14. Melons Hard outer surface that is smooth or netted; juicy flesh.

15. Examples Cantaloupe Honeydew Watermelon Casaba Crenshaw Muskmelon

16. Berries Fragile cell structure; pulpy and juicy; tiny seeds embedded in flesh

17. Examples Blackberries Cranberries Strawberries Grapes

18. Citrus Grow in warm regions, firm rind and pulpy flesh

19. Examples Oranges Grapefruit Tangerines Lemons Limes Kumquats Citrons Tangelos Ugli fruit

20. Tropical Fruits Grow in very warm climates; differ in skin composition and seed characteristics.

21. Examples Bananas Pineapple Avocados Dates Figs Mangos Papayas

22. Pomes Smooth skin and an enlarged fleshy area that surrounds the core

23. Examples Apple Pear Kiwi

24. Drupes Contain a single seed, or pit, surrounded by juicy flesh.

25. Examples Peach Cherry Plum Nectarines Apricot

26. Just for Fun How many of these fruits from around the world have you tried?

27. Fruits Around The World Atemoya – sweet tropical fruit from Florida

28. Casaba

29. Kumquats

30. Citrons

31. Tangelos

32. Dates

33. Pomegranates

34. Papaya

35. Blood Oranges

36. Lychees

37. Guava

38. Gold Watermelon Gold Watermelon

39. Mangosteens

40. 13. Persimmons

41. 14. Asian Pears

42. Plantains Plantains

43. Passion Fruit Passion Fruit

44. Prickly Pears Prickly Pears

45. Currants Currants

46. Damson Plums Damson Plums

47. Rambutans Rambutans

48. Star Fruit (Carambola) Star Fruit (Carambola)

49. Longan

50. Pluots Pluots

51. Ugli Fruit Ugli Fruit

52. Dragon Fruit Dragon Fruit

53. 28. Cherimoya

54. Feijoa Feijoa

55. Durian Durian

56. Genip Genip

57. Quince Quince

58. Pomelo Pomelo

59. Sapodilla

60. Gooseberries

61. Figs Figs

62. Ackee

63. Mango – warm climate fruit that resembles a red-orange pear.

64. Fruit Pizza