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Review of different types of vitamins, their function, deficiencies and reference values

Different types of vitamins are a mandatory part of a well-balanced diet. They are essential micronutrients that the human body needs in small quantities.

The main role of vitamins is to serve as coenzymes in a variety of metabolic reactions, and an inadequate intake can lead to specific deficiencies.

All food sources have some amount of water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins. By now developed dietary reference intakes of vitamins help to plan diets.

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Bell curve of vitamin adequate intake

The main difference between fat soluble and water soluble vitamins and their role in metabolism

Two types of vitamins are fat soluble (A, D, E, and K) and water soluble (B and C).

The main difference between fat soluble and water soluble vitamins are in an ability of the body to store them. Fat soluble vitamins eliminate from the body at a much more slow pace than water soluble.

The knowledge of such reference value as tolerable upper intake level can help to assess vitamin intakes and prevent their toxic effects.

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Vitamin C products

Function of vitamin C in the human body. Daily requirement and sources.

Another name for vitamin C is ascorbic acid.

The ascorbic acid name is a derivative of a- (meaning "no") and scorbutus (scurvy).

The human being is one of the few members of the animal kingdom that can not synthesize vitamin C.

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Sources of vitamin B1

Vitamin B1 function and sources, daily requirement. Symptoms of thiamine deficiency.

Vitamin B1 is also known as thiamine belongs to water-soluble vitamins of B complex.

In the human body about 80% of thiamin are presented in the form of thiamin diphosphate (TDP).

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Riboflavin foods

Vitamin B2 function and sources, daily requirement and deficiency symptoms

Vitamin B2, also known as riboflavin, refers to water-soluble B vitamins.

Depending on the source, from which it was derived, another names for vitamin B2 are:

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