Essential Vitamins for Teen Girls

Jessica read an article for Health class about essential vitamins for teen girls. If you don't have much time, you can read a summary of the article quickly below, written by Jessica. 

Vitamins for Teen Girls

I learned that vitamins are essential in someone’s diet, especially in a teen girl’s. Vitamin A helps your body form and maintain skin, soft tissue, and teeth.  You can find Vitamin A in eggs, meat, and dairy products. Vitamins B6 and B12 facilitate brain and nerve communication, helps your body break own proteins and can be found in bananas, beans, nuts, spinach and fish. Other B vitamins helps turn carbs into energy and helps pump the heart, these vitamins can be found in sunflower seeds, almonds, potatoes, rice, beans, whole grains and surprisingly, chili peppers! 

As many people know, Vitamin C helps in healing wounds, help your body grow, and maintains your bones, cartilage, and tissue. All vegetables and fruits contain Vitamin C and citrus fruits, strawberries and leafy greens contain more. Vitamin D helps absorb calcium in your bones and you can find this in salmon, egg yolk, fortified foods, and being in the sun! Lastly Vitamin E protects your cells form damage and the richest sources are in avocado, leafy greens, vegetable oils, and wheat germ.