| Let's see: all you know about vitamins are that | | | | found. The various sub-vitamins under Vitamin B as |
| they're good for the body, and that you can either | | | | well as Vitamin C all belong to this group. These |
| obtain them from eating foods rich in vitamins or by | | | | vitamins are distributed throughout in the body. |
| taking supplements. That's correct in a sense, but | | | | Excesses are flushed out through urine, but vitamin |
| what you know is far from being able to paint the | | | | B12, which includes cobalamin, biotin, folic acid, and |
| whole picture about vitamins. If you want to get | | | | pantothenic acid, continue to stay inside the liver. |
| healthy and fit, you have to update the vitamin | | | | Planning for a Vitamin-Rich Diet |
| information database inside your head and live | | | | The following foods are what you have to eat if you |
| accordingly. | | | | wish for a vitamin-rich diet: |
| The Definition and Function of Vitamins | | | | Vitamin A - Known as the vitamin that greatly |
| Medically speaking, vitamin is made up of two words: | | | | enhances your eyesight (vision and color-wise), |
| vital amine, and it is an organic substance or | | | | Vitamin A has other special functions like aiding |
| compound which has a catalytic function in causing | | | | physical growth - which is critical during your childhood |
| certain essential chemical reactions in the body. In | | | | to teenage years - and helping you to have and |
| simpler terms, vitamins make good things happen | | | | maintain glowing skin. Vitamin A can be found in |
| inside the body more quickly and with less energy | | | | foods like milk, carrots, and spinach. |
| spent. Without vitamins, the human body has a hard | | | | Vitamin B - The largest group of vitamins, Vitamin B, |
| time making those reactions happen, and this could | | | | facilitates your body's metabolism. It also boosts your |
| result to a partial or total breakdown of the whole | | | | energy levels and help in the production of red blood |
| system. | | | | cells (RBC). Vitamin B can be found also in milk (now |
| Types of Vitamins | | | | you know why you have to drink plenty glasses of |
| Fat Soluble - There are four vitamins that fall under | | | | milk in the past), oranges, beans, leafy greens, whole |
| this category and they are vitamins A, D, E, and K. All | | | | grain bread, and even seafood. |
| four vitamins are stored in reserve inside the liver | | | | Vitamin C - If you have a lot of Vitamin C in your |
| and the body's fatty tissues. They are released when | | | | body, don't be surprised when your wounds and |
| they need to perform a special rescue function for | | | | illnesses heal more quickly than most because that's |
| the body. | | | | just one of the functions it performs. Oranges are |
| Water Soluble - These are external vitamins that | | | | the most popular provider of Vitamin C, but you can |
| enter the body when it consumes fruits and | | | | also get it from eating strawberries and broccoli. |
| vegetable, both of which these vitamins can be | | | | |