Vitamins

Vitamin ABCs
 

Vitamin ABCs, The ABCs of vitamins

 

Welcome to the Vitamin ABCs of the most comprehensive online database of vitamins information available. Here in the vitamin ABCs of we will be looking as the so called "Letter Vitamins". So far, 13 compounds have been classified as vitamins. Vitamins A, D, E, and K, the four fat-soluble vitamins, tend to accumulate in the body. Vitamin C and the eight B vitamins-biotin, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12-dissolve in water, so excess amounts are excreted. The "letter" vitamins sometimes go by different names. These include:

  • VITAMIN ABCs
  • Vitamin A = retinol, retinaldehyde, retinoic acid
  • Vitamin B1 = thiamin
  • Vitamin B2 = riboflavin
  • Vitamin B6 = pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine
  • Vitamin B12 = cobalamin
  • Vitamin C = ascorbic acid
  • Vitamin D = calciferol
  • Vitamin E = tocopherol, tocotrienol
  • Vitamin K = phylloquinone


Vitamin ABCs, the fat soluble vitamins

In the vitamin ABCs we start with Vitamin A just like the Alphabet ABCs, but after A we will look at Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K. These are the fat soluble vitamins, meaning they do not dissolve in water, and tend to be stored in the body. Because there are not water soluble the body can not discard what is not needed easily. You should be watchful of the fat soluble vitamins, as it is possible to take too much and create a vitamin toxicity.

Vitamin ABCs, the water soluble vitamins

The next area of the vitamin ABCs is the water soluble vitamins. Vitamin C and the eight Vitamin Bs vitamins-biotin, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12-dissolve in water, so excess amounts are excreted. Whatever your body doers not use it discards.

Vitamin ABCs, your nutritional letters

Use the Vitamin ABCs as the building blocks for your nutrition language. Go to the specific pages listed above and investigate all the newly recognized or suspected roles in health and disease. Use the vitamin ABCs to look at the evidence about vitamins' possible new roles, learn out how to get more of these in your diet, and assess the value of taking vitamin. Vitamin ABCs, will help you be assured you are getting all of the essential nutrition your body needs to maintain good nutrition and balance for the entire day. Just like you were taught in school, remember your vitamin ABCs.

 
 
 
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