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Vitamins are organic components in food that are needed in very small amounts for growth and for maintaining good health. The vitamins include vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin A, and vitamin K, or the fat-soluble vitamins, and folate (folic acid), vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin B6, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and vitamin C (ascorbic acid), or the water-soluble vitamins. The energy components of nutrition are sugars, starches, fats, and oils, and these occur in relatively large amounts in nutrition.

Here are the essential vitamins and their vitamin duties:

• Vitamin A (Beta Carotene): Promotes growth and repair of body tissues; reduces susceptibility to infections; aids in bone and teeth formation; maintains smooth skin.
• Vitamin B-1 (Thiamin): Promotes growth and muscle tone; aids in the proper functioning of the muscles, heart, and nervous system; assists in digestion.
• Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin): Maintains good vision and healthy skin, hair, and nails; assists in formation of antibodies and red blood cells; aids in carbohydrate.
• Vitamin B-3 (Niacinamide): Reduces cholesterol levels in the blood; maintains healthy skin, tongue, and digestive system; improves blood circulation.
• Vitamin B-5: Fortifies white blood cells; helps the body’s resistance to stress; builds cells.
• Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine): Aids in the synthesis and breakdown of amino acids and the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates; supports the central nervous system.
• Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamin): Promotes growth in children; prevents anemia by regenerating red blood cells; aids in the metabolism of carbohydrates, and fats.
• Biotin: Aids in the metabolism of proteins and fats; promotes healthy skin.
• Choline: Helps the liver eliminate toxins.
• Folic Acid (Folate, Folacin): Promotes the growth and reproduction of body cells; aids in the formation of red blood cells and bone marrow.
• Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid): One of the major antioxidants; essential for healthy teeth, gums, and bones; helps to heal wounds, fractures, and scar tissue.
• Vitamin D: Improves the absorption of calcium and phosphorous (essential in the formation of healthy bones and teeth) maintains nervous system.
• Vitamin E: A major antioxidant; supplies oxygen to blood; provides nourishment to cells; prevents blood clots; slows cellular aging.
• Vitamin K (Menadione): Prevents internal bleeding; reduces heavy menstrual flow.
• Vitamin B12: deficiency causes megaloblastic anemia and, if severe enough, can result in irreversible nerve damage.
• Niacin: deficiency results in pellagra. Pellagra involves skin rashes and scabs, diarrhea, and mental depression.
• Thiamin: deficiency results in beriberi, a disease resulting in atrophy, weakness of the legs, nerve damage, and heart failure.
• Vitamin C: deficiency results in scurvy, a disease that involves bleeding.

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1. Erin Says:
   March 9th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

   Thanks for the defintions josh!

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