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Vigorous Vitamins

Learn all about vitamins, from where they come from to their importance in maintaining good health. Discover the benefits of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins, and explore the functions of vitamin A, D, E, K, and the B-vitamins. Find out how antioxidants work and why they are beneficial, and understand the potential risks of vitamin deficiencies and megadoses. Whether you're a health enthusiast or just curious, this guide will provide all the information you need about vitamins.

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Vigorous Vitamins

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  1. Vigorous Vitamins Ummm….like Powdered Toast Man!

  2. Glad you asked!!! Vitamins are organic chemicals, substances that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. What are vitamins?

  3. Vitamins occur naturally in all living things, plants and animals alike: flowers, trees, fruits, vegetables, chickens, fish, cows—and you. I’m glad you asked that too! Where do Vitamins come from?

  4. How will I ever remember all those? I mean a list of all the vitamins and what each one does would be hard to remember… Your body needs at least 11 specific vitamins

  5. Yep…that looks really hard…

  6. Don’t worry…be happy… You don’t need to memorize the whole list, but there are some things you should know.

  7. FAT SOLUBLE: Dissolve in fat. If you consume larger amounts of fat-soluble vitamins than your body needs, this could cause problems. WATER SOLUBLE: Dissolve in water. If you consume too many water-soluble vitamins, you just pee them out. Vitamins are classified as either

  8. All Dogs Eat Kidneys That’s how you can remember the fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamins A, D, E, and K dissolve in fat.

  9. Vitamin A: Keeps skin smooth and supple Helps with vision Vitamin D: Helps your body absorb calcium which makes strong bones and teeth Vitamin A and Vitamin D

  10. Help! I Seem to be Turning a Strange Color!!!! Another form of vitamin A (Carotenoid) is not stored in your liver and cannot build up to toxic levels. BUT if you eat too much Carotenoid (found in carrots and tomotatoes) Your skin will turn ORANGE

  11. Could be a good Halloween Costume

  12. Vitamin E Healthy reproductive system, nerves, muscles. Anti-oxidant. Vitamin K Makes specialized proteins found in blood plasma. Makes bones and kidney tissue. Vitamins E and K

  13. They prevent a chemical reaction called oxidation. They stop molecular fragments called free radicals from joining together to form potentially cancer-causing compounds in your body. Anti-Oxidants…What are They?

  14. How they work… • http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/how-antioxidants-work1

  15. Anti-Oxidants are good because… They slow normal wear and tear on body cells. They may reduce and risk of heart disease and some cancers.

  16. Water Soluble Vitamins Vitamin C • Connective tissue • New cells in wound healing • Immune system

  17. Other Water Soluble Vitamins That would be the B-Vitamins! B1, Thiamin B2 Riboflavin Niacin Pyidoxine Folate B12

  18. Do you want your body to be able to… • Digest carbohydrates and proteins • Grow properly and normally • Heal wounds • Make healthy red blood cells These are some of the things that Vitamin B help your body do.

  19. Wild Applause for Vitamin B!

  20. Vitamin Deficiencies The good news is that vitamin deficiencies (not getting enough of a particular vitamin) are rare among people who have access to a wide variety of foods and know how to put together a balanced diet.

  21. Scurvy leads to the formation of spots and bleeding on the skin, and spongy gums. A person with the ailment looks pale, feels depressed, and is partially immobilized. In advanced scurvy there are open, wounds and loss of teeth. Scurvey: Vitamin C Deficiency

  22. Scurvy was at one time common among sailors and pirates who sailed for longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored. . Scurvy was one of the limiting factors of marine travel, often killing large numbers of the passengers and crew on long-distance voyages. Scurvey…Scourge of the Sea

  23. Big Trouble. Vitamin Megadoses • Can’t get too much of a good thing? • WRONG!!! • Some vitamins are TOXIC when taken in the very large amounts popularly known as MEGADOSES.

  24. But unless you are taking VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS It is pretty much impossible to cram down enough food to overdose on Vitamins D, E, K, C and all the B’s.

  25. Liver and Fish Oil Contain concentrated forms of Vitamin A. Liver contains so much Vitamin A that early 20th century explorers to the South Pole made themselves sick on seal and whale liver. Children fed daily servings of chicken liver have reached toxic levels of Vitamin A.

  26. Where do I get my vitamins? Most people who eat a healthy varied diet will get enough vitamins and do not need to take vitamin supplements. Eat this: Not this:

  27. But if you are vegan… That is, if you do not eat any food from animals (including milk, cheese, eggs and fish oils), Vitamin D, C, and B12 should be supplemented.

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