Vitamin and minerals
Explain the differences between fat-soluble and water soluble vitamins.
Fat soluble vitamins
These are stored in the body; they are dissolved and stored in the liver and fat tissues until you need them. They last longer in the body as you don’t need them every day.
Fat soluble vitamins are:
Vitamin A – Will help your immune, reproductive system it also helps your vision. It keeps the heart, lungs and the kidneys working correctly. You will get this from fish oils, liver, butter, and cream.
Vitamin D – Helps to keep the bones strong, and to keep your muscles moving, improves the immune function also.
Vitamin E – Protects the body from molecules that will damage your cells. Keeps the blood moving through the blood vessels without it clotting
Vitamin K – Allows the blood to clot, helps the body to make protein for healthy bones and
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Also recommendations for energy in take are based upon the estimates of TEE (Total energy expenditure) and allows for growth. Ref: The American journal of clinical nutrition
Factors that can alter their energy requirements and BMR
This can depend on the size of the baby what energy it will use a big baby is going to use more energy than what a small baby will. They will have more movement than a small baby and babies never tend to stay still this will cause them to use more energy. There is also a different growth in the baby’s a baby with high metabolic rates will have a quicker growth rather than a baby with lower metabolic rate. Ref: Basal metabolism of infant. Factors that influence their eating habits
• Infants prefer sweet tasting food rather than bitter/sour they can reject to the bitter foods. E.g. Vegetables.
• If the infant has a good eating routine they can tend to have a healthy and better