Vitamin derived from the word vitamin biochemist Casimir funk in 1912. It is an essential micronutrient in which living organisms need its small quantity for the proper functioning of their metabolism
Vitamin doesn’t include minerals, amino acids, and fatty acids, therefore taking vitamin only didn’t replace other nutrients.
Vitamins classified into water-soluble and fat-soluble, water-soluble vitamins are B vitamins and vitamin C: these are:
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)²
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)²
Vitamin B3 (niacin)²
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12 and
Vitamin C.
Fat-soluble
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E and
Vitamin K.
There are 13 vitamins in human beings 8 vitamin B, 1 vitamin C (water-soluble), vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, and vitamin K (fat-soluble). Water-soluble vitamins dissolve easily in water and excreted from the body. Fat-soluble absorbed through the intestinal tract with the help of lipids
Health benefits of water-soluble vitamins.
Water-soluble vitamins perform several duties in our body, these include:
1. Vitamin B releases several enzymes that help digest carbohydrates, protein, and lipids from the food we eat.
2. Vitamin B1, B3, B2, B5, and vitamin B7 produce energy in our bodies by engaging in energy production.
3. Vitamin B12 and B6 help multiply our cells,
4. Vitamin C helps make collagen which supports blood vessels wall and form a base for bones and teeth ²
Fat-soluble vitamins enter the blood through lymph in the intestinal wall.
Many fat-soluble vitamins travel through the body with the help of proteins that act as carriers.
Fat-soluble vitamins absorbed in the body when
Fatty food is ingested.
The food moves to the stomach by the esophagus using muscle movement.
The stomach breaks the food into tiny pieces and mixes it with digestive juices.
The liver produces bile, which helps digest fat. Bile follows through small intestines and digests fat-soluble vitamins, then nutrients absorbed into the body.
As the body absorbs nutrients, fat-soluble vitamins enter the bloodstream together with protein. The body uses vitamins all over the body. Excess amounts of fat-soluble vitamins stored in the liver, it releases these excess vitamins when your body needs fat-soluble vitamins.
Health Benefits of fat-soluble vitamins include:
1. Vitamin A, B, and K build bones.
2. Vitamin A protects our vision.
3. Vitamin E help absorbed and store vitamin A.
4. Vitamin E helps protects the body from danger.
Vitamins in an adult body.
Vitamins help maintain cells, tissues, and organs of an adult once development is complete, they also help process protein, carbohydrate and lipids (fats) required for cellular restoration.
Summary.
Vitamin derived from the word vitamin. It is an essential micronutrient in which living organisms need its small quantity for proper functioning. Vitamins classified into water-soluble and fat-soluble. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve easily in water and excreted from the body. Fat-soluble, absorbed through the intestinal tract with the help of lipids.
Vitamin B releases energy, Vitamin B1, B3, B2, B5, and vitamin B7 produce energy in our body, Vitamin C helps make collagen. Vitamin A, B, and K build bones. Vitamin A protects our vision. Vitamin E help absorbed and store vitamin A. Vitamin E helps protects the body from danger.
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