Food Sources of Vitamins and Minerals for Seniors Deficient in the following: • Vitamin A A C D B6 E K B2 . O Vitamin C BIZ • Vitamin D • Calcium . • Iron • Zinc Essential vitamins and minerals: O Vitamins- Ο Come from plants and animals. We need 13 essential vitamins for good health and will discuss three that are most crucial for older adults today (vitamin A, C, and D). Minerals- B Elements of the earth (soil, rocks, and water). Essential for good health. о Both vitamins and minerals- NO B Must be consumed in food. Are not made by the body. A well-balanced diet usually provides all the vitamins and minerals most people need to stay healthy. 0 Helps maintain a healthy bone structure. Helps in absorbing and breaking down calcium. Great food sources for vitamin D: Vitamin D-fortified milk Fatty fish (salmon, sardines, and trout) BO BO Egg yolk B Liver Calcium- A mineral o Why do you need calcium? Key to forming and maintaining bones. Great food sources for calcium: Vitamin A- o Why do you need vitamin A? Helps fight infection Keeps eyes, skin, and internal organs healthy Great food sources for vitamin A: Vitamin C- Liver Sweet potato Cantaloupe Carrots Broccoli o Why do you need vitamin C? O Helps boost immunity. Protects memory. Helps prevent iron deficiency. Great food sources for vitamin C: Vitamin D- NO Guavas Bell peppers Strawberries Tomatoes Oranges o Why do you need vitamin D? B Tofu Milk B Yogurt N Spinach Cottage cheese Iron- A mineral o o Why do you need iron? B Essential in making hemoglobin, which is a molecule that carries oxygen throughout the body. Great food sources for iron: B0 Bran cereals 10 Enriched breads and cereals BO Raisins or other dried fruits Zinc- A mineral o 0 Red meats, liver, and egg yolk Spinach and other leafy greens (kale, broccoli, lettuce, etc.) Why do you need zinc? Helps with wound healing. Helps break down carbohydrates (a natural blood sugar control strategy). B NO B Helps to improve taste and smell. Great food sources for zinc: WO Meats, fish, poultry Whole grains (bran cereal, whole wheat bread) NO Peanuts B Legumes Eggs
Food Sources of Vitamins and Minerals for Seniors Deficient in the following: • Vitamin A A C D B6 E K B2 . O Vitamin C BIZ • Vitamin D • Calcium . • Iron • Zinc Essential vitamins and minerals: O Vitamins- Ο Come from plants and animals. We need 13 essential vitamins for good health and will discuss three that are most crucial for older adults today (vitamin A, C, and D). Minerals- B Elements of the earth (soil, rocks, and water). Essential for good health. о Both vitamins and minerals- NO B Must be consumed in food. Are not made by the body. A well-balanced diet usually provides all the vitamins and minerals most people need to stay healthy. 0 Helps maintain a healthy bone structure. Helps in absorbing and breaking down calcium. Great food sources for vitamin D: Vitamin D-fortified milk Fatty fish (salmon, sardines, and trout) BO BO Egg yolk B Liver Calcium- A mineral o Why do you need calcium? Key to forming and maintaining bones. Great food sources for calcium: Vitamin A- o Why do you need vitamin A? Helps fight infection Keeps eyes, skin, and internal organs healthy Great food sources for vitamin A: Vitamin C- Liver Sweet potato Cantaloupe Carrots Broccoli o Why do you need vitamin C? O Helps boost immunity. Protects memory. Helps prevent iron deficiency. Great food sources for vitamin C: Vitamin D- NO Guavas Bell peppers Strawberries Tomatoes Oranges o Why do you need vitamin D? B Tofu Milk B Yogurt N Spinach Cottage cheese Iron- A mineral o o Why do you need iron? B Essential in making hemoglobin, which is a molecule that carries oxygen throughout the body. Great food sources for iron: B0 Bran cereals 10 Enriched breads and cereals BO Raisins or other dried fruits Zinc- A mineral o 0 Red meats, liver, and egg yolk Spinach and other leafy greens (kale, broccoli, lettuce, etc.) Why do you need zinc? Helps with wound healing. Helps break down carbohydrates (a natural blood sugar control strategy). B NO B Helps to improve taste and smell. Great food sources for zinc: WO Meats, fish, poultry Whole grains (bran cereal, whole wheat bread) NO Peanuts B Legumes Eggs
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Transcribed Image Text:Food Sources of Vitamins and
Minerals for Seniors
Deficient in the
following:
• Vitamin A
A
C
D
B6
E
K
B2
.
O Vitamin C
BIZ
• Vitamin D
• Calcium
.
• Iron
• Zinc

Transcribed Image Text:Essential vitamins and minerals:
O Vitamins-
Ο
Come from plants and animals.
We need 13 essential vitamins for good health and will discuss three that
are most crucial for older adults today (vitamin A, C, and D).
Minerals-
B
Elements of the earth (soil, rocks, and water).
Essential for good health.
о Both vitamins and minerals-
NO
B
Must be consumed in food.
Are not made by the body.
A well-balanced diet usually provides all the vitamins and minerals most
people need to stay healthy.
0
Helps maintain a healthy bone structure.
Helps in absorbing and breaking down calcium.
Great food sources for vitamin D:
Vitamin D-fortified milk
Fatty fish (salmon, sardines, and trout)
BO
BO
Egg yolk
B
Liver
Calcium- A mineral
o Why do you need calcium?
Key to forming and maintaining bones.
Great food sources for calcium:
Vitamin A-
o Why do you need vitamin A?
Helps fight infection
Keeps eyes, skin, and internal organs healthy
Great food sources for vitamin A:
Vitamin C-
Liver
Sweet potato
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Broccoli
o Why do you need vitamin C?
O
Helps boost immunity.
Protects memory.
Helps prevent iron deficiency.
Great food sources for vitamin C:
Vitamin D-
NO
Guavas
Bell peppers
Strawberries
Tomatoes
Oranges
o Why do you need vitamin D?
B
Tofu
Milk
B
Yogurt
N
Spinach
Cottage cheese
Iron- A mineral
o
o
Why do you need iron?
B
Essential in making hemoglobin, which is a molecule that carries oxygen
throughout the body.
Great food sources for iron:
B0
Bran cereals
10
Enriched breads and cereals
BO Raisins or other dried fruits
Zinc- A mineral
o
0
Red meats, liver, and egg yolk
Spinach and other leafy greens (kale, broccoli, lettuce, etc.)
Why do you need zinc?
Helps with wound healing.
Helps break down carbohydrates (a natural blood sugar control strategy).
B
NO
B
Helps to improve taste and smell.
Great food sources for zinc:
WO
Meats, fish, poultry
Whole grains (bran cereal, whole wheat bread)
NO Peanuts
B
Legumes
Eggs
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