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Vitamins and Minerals for a Healthy Life

Foods contain vitamins and minerals which can make a child’s growth steady, and let you from getting various problems like having poor eyesight or being the oldest but shortest in class. (You can get bullied because you look like a six year old!) When I myself go to McDonalds, I wonder what kind of nutrients are in what I eat? When I bit into the burger I wondered if any good thing was in there. So I researched. But, the good news is, we only need to eat the proper food just to keep these health problems away.

First let’s talk about vitamins. Vitamin A is quite common in yellow vegetables like carrot which can improve your eyesight in the light and the dark. Other examples include squash and pumpkin alike and may also help, if your eye is going bad, eat lots of these. Vitamin D in milk can help your bones grow and so does Calcium*. (*This can also be found in milk) Vitamin C is inside juicy fruits like oranges and grapes. Ones that soaked up lots of sunshine will be the best to keep you healthy.

Minerals are pretty much the same thing but have different ways of helping your body. Calcium is common in dairy products. Calcium makes strong teeth to help your eating and strong bones for playing sports. Iron is another important mineral that helps your red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body since it helps the hemoglobin which is the part of the blood cell that carries oxygen (it’s like an oxygen pouch). Iron can be found mostly in red meat, tuna and potatoes with skin. Potassium keeps your muscles intact and keeps your whole nervous system okay. It regulates your body‘s water. Quite a lot of food are rich in potassium, like bananas, broccoli, and juicy fruits like oranges. Lastly Zinc, it helps your immune system and lets you grow healthy. These are the foods that are rich in zinc: beef, pork, lamb, and beans.

If you don’t have these vitamins and minerals regularly it could lead to poor health. Like not enough calcium can lead to weak bones and you can’t walk. Not having enough vitamins can lead to an unhealthy life. Not seeing well, the water inside your body is too much – these are real bad so you need to eat these important vitamins and minerals to lead a healthy life.

So vitamins and minerals for a healthy life is important, when you eat the proper food, maybe next year you could be taller than your friends or get healthier to do a sport! This is part of growing up into a healthy adult instead of an unhealthy one. Share these with friends and together you will reach your full potential and be healthy.