Vitaman

 Vitamin A


source: 


From animal origin as Vitamin A 

Fish in general, liver and dairy products;


orange, ripe yellow fruits, leafy vegetables, carrots, pumpkin, squash, spinac



Deficiency disease(s)



Night blindness, hyperkeratosis, and keratomalacia



Vitamin B1



Source:


Pork, wholemeal grains, brown rice, vegetables, potatoes, liver, eggs



Deficiency disease:


Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome



Vitamin B2:


Source: 


Dairy products, bananas, green beans, asparagus



Deficiency disease:

Ariboflavinosis, glossitis, angular stomatitis



Vitamin B3:


Source: 


Meat, fish, eggs, many vegetables, mushrooms, tree nuts



Deficiency :


Liver damage




Vitamin B5:


Source :


Meat, broccoli, avocados



Deficiency:

Diarrhea; possibly nausea and heartburn



Vitamin B6:


Source: 


Meat, vegetables, tree nuts, banana


Deficiency:


Anemia,neuropathy



Vitamin B7: 


Source:


Raw egg yolk, liver, peanuts, leafy green vegetables


Deficiencty : Ecezma



Vitamin B12:


Deficiency: anemia


Souce : Meat, poultry, fish, eggs, milk



Vitamin C:

Source: 


Many fruits and vegetables, liver

Good sources of vitamin C

Vitamin C is found in a wide variety of fruit and vegetables.

citrus fruit, such as oranges and orange juice

peppers

strawberries

blackcurrants

broccoli

brussels sprouts

potatoes


Deficiency:


Scurvy Stomach Pain, Diarrhoea and Flatulence.



Vitamin D


Source:


oily fish – such as salmon, sardines, herring and mackerel

red meat

liver

egg yolks


fortified foods – such as some fat spreads and breakfast cereals


Deficiency:


Rickets and osteomalacia


Vitamin E :


Source: 


Many fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and seed oils,plant oils – such as rapeseed (vegetable oil), sunflower, soya, corn and olive oil

nuts and seeds

wheatgerm – found in cereals and cereal product


Deficiency:


mild hemolytic anemia in newborn infants


Vitamin K:


Source:


Leafy green vegetables such as spinach; egg yolks; liver


Deficiency:

Bleeding diathesis






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