Answer the following questions and organize them into a paragraph. Cues are given at the end of each question. Combine the answers, using such words as which , but , since , because , as , and , for , if , thus , however , or any other words you think necessary. 1. What are vitamins? (substances) What can vitamins do? (to enable human bodies to develop healthily) 2. Where do vitamins come from? (some from body, most from food eaten) 3. Does one kind of food contain all vitamins we need? (no) What should we have? (well- balanced diet) Why? (provide all necessary vitamins) 4. What do we need to avoid being dry-eyed or night blindness? (vitamin A, eat green/ yellow vegetables, whole milk, butter, eggs and liver) 5. What do some people dislike? (eating whole-grain cereals) Why not? (not taste good) 6. Do refined cereals do us any good? (no, make us tired) What else do they cause? (inflammation of skin in the mouth, and sickly look of the skin) 7. Where do we find Vitamin C? (citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables) 8. What does a lack of Vitamin C cause? (scurvy) 9. What is needed for a child to grow up properly? (sunshine) Why? (formation of Vitamin D) Where does he get Vitamin D? (milk, eggs, fish, fish oils) 10. What should elderly people have? (Vitamin E) Why? (stop oxidation of certain fatty substance in body) 11. Does the body need only vitamins? (no) What else are needed? (minerals, other nutrients)