What Happens to Vitamins after you swallow them?

For health class, the girls read an article about Vitamin Absorption. Read the "info-mmercials" they wrote below for an audience of children.

Veronica

Jan 17, 2012

Vitamin Absorption Script for Info-mmercial

Advertiser: Have you ever wondered happens after you eat your vitamins?

Little Girl: Uh… ‘scuse me what you talking about?

Advertiser: We chew our vitamins and cover it in saliva to help break it in to smaller pieces. That vitamin moves through the esophagus into the stomach, where stomach acids break it down. The vitamin then moves to the small intestine, (where it is absorbed) the large intestine, the rectum, and finally the anus.

Little Girl: (Plugs ears) AAAAAAAHHHH!!!! YOU SAID BLOOOOOODDD! (Runs away)

Advertiser: (Chuckles) Yes, er… yes. Anyway, when you eat salmon, for instance, all the vitamin D in it gets sent into your blood stream. Since all fat - soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K, stay in your body for up to 6 months, you don’t need to eat them everyday.

Little Girl: Eeew… salmon is pink and has big eyes. EEEEEWWWW!!

Advertiser: (Asks manager) Why is she even in this? Oh, hello again. (Waves at camera) Water- soluble vitamins that include, the big B group and the C vitamin need frequent consumption, or else you’ll run out of energy!

Little Girl: Can I go now, please?

The End

                            

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.