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- help protects healthy cells from normal aging and certain cancers
- Vitamin C and E are the strongest
Vitamin C Sources
- tomatoes
- potatoes
- strawberries
Vitamin E Sources
- Seeds
- Nuts
- My Fav (peanut butter)

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- Include Vitamin C and all Vitamin B's
- 8 types of Vitamin B's
- Found in fruits, veggies and other
- Can't be stored in the body like Fat-Soluble Vitamin
- Important to eat this everyday

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- Vitamins A, D, E and K are this
- Occurs in vegetable oils, liver, eggs and certain veggies
- Stored by the body
- Indigestible fat substitutes prevent you from taking in vitamins

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- Nutrients made by living things
- Doesn't directly produce energy
- Vitamins Help Play Roles in Chemical Changes
- The body can produce some vitamins, others must be consumed
Two classes of vitamins: Fat soluble vitamins (dissolves in fat) and Water-soluble vitamins (dissolves in water)

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- able to combine 2 or more different plant sources, to get the needed 9 amino acids
- Combining incomplete proteins allows you to earn 9 types of amino acids
Called: Complementary Protein Combination

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- (recommend) 10 to 35% of calories from protein
- Diet w/ plant and animals will fulfill the 9 aminos
- Eat wide variety of foods to get the needed proteins

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Complete Protein: Sources that contain all 9 amino acids
Ex. meats and fish
Incomplete Protein: Doesn't contain all 9 amino acids
Ex. Plant sources, peas, beans

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- 20 different Amino Acids
- Must produce 9 of them

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- Protein-bound together by chemicals
- When you eat, digestive system breaks it into individual amino acids
= Amino acid, then absorbed into the bloodstream and reassembled as cells to form protein

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- contain carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen
- Energy Source
- Important: helps repair body tissue
Protein food: meats, eggs, milk products, nuts, dried beans etc.

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The importance of vitamins was first discovered in the 1700s by sailors.
Vitamins found in citrus fruits
- Lemons
-Oranges
13 official vitamins
On the ship, they had not citrus fruits, though it wasn't needed
- Got Scurvy: joint pain, bleeding gums