Introduction to Vitamins

VITAMINS

Vitamins are organic compounds required in small quantities for good health. They cannot be made within your body, so you must take vitamins from your diet. Vitamins are required by the body for metabolism, to protect health, for proper growth in children, formation of hormones, blood cells, nervous-system chemicals, and genetic material.

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The 13 well-identified vitamins are classified according to their ability to be absorbed in fat or water. If the vitamins are soluble in fat, but not in water we call that vitamins fat soluble vitamins. Examples for fat soluble vitamins are vitamin A, D, E and K. These set of vitamins are generally consumed along with fat containing foods, and because they can be stored in the body's fat, they do not have to be consumed every day.

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The other type of vitamins, the water soluble vitamins cannot be stored in the body in that way and you need to take those vitamins frequently. Examples for water soluble vitamins are eight B vitamins and Vitamin C.

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Our body can only manufacture vitamin D in our body. When sunlight touches your skin a special steroid in your skin is converted into vitamin D. Due to this reason you should take every other vitamin except vitamin D along with your diet. If a given Vitamin is lacking, a characteristic set of symptoms will develop known as a deficiency disease. The text below will explain all the necessary details you should know about vitamins along with the principle sources and their deficiency disorders.

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Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1

Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B5

Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin H
Folic Acid
Vitamin Deficiency diseases