Micronutrients

SUPPORTING INFO:

**Vitamins/minerals are critical for teenagers because they are needed to help the body make new tissues and function properly. (Affects health, development, and growth)

• Exp: Milk provides calcium and vitamins A and D and helps with making new bone during growth spurts.
• Fruits and Vegetables are great sources of vitamins
• 2 types of Vitamins: fat soluble and water soluble.

• Fat soluble: (Vitamins A, D, E, K) dissolve in fat and can be stored in your body
• Water soluble: (Vitamins C and B1,B2... ) need to dissolve in water before they can be absorbed --(need to be absorbed daily because they are not made from your body & can’t be stored)
• Minerals Example: iron, potassium, calcium, phosphate, magnesium

Here are just some of the minerals you'll need to sustain a healthy and balanced diet!