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