VITAMINS - Blog 1

• Vitamins are organic nutrients essential for life. 
• They are essential for our body to function at its best. 
• If our diet is lacking in Vitamins, it leads to nutritional deficiencies.

Where does the word Vitamin comes from?

Types of Vitamins:

There are 13 Vitamins divided into 2 groups.

1. Fat Soluble Vitamins
2. Water Soluble Vitamins

1. Fat Soluble Vitamins:

There are four FAT Voluble Vitamins.

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin D
3. Vitamin E
4. Vitamin K

• These Vitamins stay in our body longer than water soluble vitamins. 
• They must be taken regularly and only in the recommended amounts.
• Fat soluble vitamins, which are also essential for your health and stored in your liver, do not need to be replaced every day

2. Water Soluble Vitamins:

1. Vitamin B
2. Vitamin C

• It is important to take some of these Vitamins everyday to keep our body in proper balance.
• We lose some of these vitamins everyday in the form of urine.These vitamins are easily destroyed or washed out during food storage and preparation.
• The B-complex group is found in a variety of foods: cereal grains, meat, poultry, eggs, fish, milk, legumes and fresh vegetables.
• Citrus fruits are good sources of vitamin C.

Using megadoses of multivitamins or supplements is not recommended.

In my next blog, i will discuss in detail about each of theses Vitamins. Please check the same to know more about the importance of each of the Vitamins and the Vitamin rich foods that you need to eat.