There are two main types of vitamins, water soluble vitamins and fat soluble vitamins, and the way that the body does or does not store vitamin content taken from food depends on which type it is. The body cannot store water soluble vitamins and this means that a person needs to replenish their water soluble [...]
Although the investigations into and discoveries of vitamins began a bit earlier, Casimir Funk, a Polish biochemist, was the first to formulate the concept of vitamins in 1912. Funk then coined the word vitamine, but it was later modified to vitamin. How does vitamin A help your body? Great question. Vitamin A helps you to [...]
Often touted as a miracle vitamin, Vitamin A is the secret to great skin, higher immunity levels and holistic growth. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant that also improves eyesight, helps strengthen bones, protects the body from heart related diseases, alleviates acne and psoriasis conditions, reduces wrinkles, alleviates respiratory ailments and helps improve measles and [...]
Vitamins (combination of two words: Vital Amines) are the complex organic substance essential in small quantities to the metabolism (nutrition) in most animals. These are found in minute quantities in food, in some cases are produced by the body, and are also produced synthetically. The human body needs them to work properly, so that we [...]
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