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Dissolve in fat- in foods and in body Store fat-soluble vitamins in body fat and in your liver.

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2 Dissolve in fat- in foods and in body Store fat-soluble vitamins in body fat and in your liver

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4 Needed for eyes to adapt to darkness Promotes normal growth of healthy skin and hair Helps body resist infection

5 Body gets vitamin A in two forms: As vitamin itself in foods such as liver, egg yolk, whole milk, butter, fish oils As provitamin carotene, which body converts to vitamin A Found in foods such as spinach and squash

6  Eyes become sensitive to light  Skin becomes rough and susceptibility to disease may increase  Night blindness and stunted growth

7 Fatigue Headaches Nausea Vomiting

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9 Promotes growth of bones and teeth Helps body use calcium and phosphorus

10 Egg yolks, liver, sardines, tuna, fish liver oil Some foods are fortified with vitamin D Milk and butter sunlight

11 Body will not be able to use calcium and phosphorus Rickets or bone abnormalities

12 Nausea, diarrhea, loss of weight Kidney and lung damage Bone deformities

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14 Antioxidant helpful for red blood cells and cells in the lung Helps form muscles Protects other nutrients from damage

15 Fats and oils whole grain breads and cereals Liver Eggs Whole milk Leafy green vegetables

16 Deficiency Usually only occurs in premature babies May cause impaired reflexes and coordination difficulty walking weak muscles Excess bleeding within the brain causing stroke muscle weakness Fatigue Nausea diarrhea

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18 “blood clotting” vitamin Helps liver make substance called prothrombin, which is a protein blood needs to clot

19 Green leafy vegetables Cauliflower broccoli Organ meats Egg yolks fish

20 Deficiency Hemorrhaging uncontrollable bleeding Excess Only if take too many vitamin K supplements These have been banned by the FDA Liver damage


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