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T Source Of Vitamins?
Your plate, not your medicine cabinet
February 12, .
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Things To Consider
Most nutrient-rich foods are found in the perimeter (outer circle) of the grocery store. The amount of nutrient-rich foods you should eat depends on your daily calorie needs.
Resources
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Eat Right, Tips for Choosing a Nutrient-rich Diet
U.S. Department of Agriculture, ChooseMyPlate.gov: Start Simple With MyPlate.
Vitamins And Minerals
For example, women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant should take folic acid. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding may also want to consider taking a vitamin D supplement.
Pregnant women are entitled to free healthy start vitamins in Scotland, containing Folic acid, Vitamin D and Vitamin C. If you would like to find out more talk to your GP or other health professional. Covid-19 outbreak
We have published advice on the intake of vitamin D during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vitamins are divided into two groups: fat-soluble and water-soluble.
Fat-soluble vitamins
Fat-soluble vitamins are found in animal products and foods that contain fat, like milk, butter, vegetable oils, eggs, liver and oily fish. It can also be harmful to have a lot more of these types of vitamins than we need. They can also get lost in water when cooking, especially when boiling food.
Steaming or grilling, as well as using cooking water to add flavour to soups and stews are good ways to preserve water-soluble vitamins. Water-soluble vitamins aren’t stored in the body so we need to eat them often. We need minerals to help us do three main things:
build strong teeth and bones
control body fluids inside and outside cells
turn the food we eat into energy.
We need more of some minerals than others. For example, we need more calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium and chloride than we do iron, zinc, iodine, selenium and copper.