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Vitamin K What is vitamin K, and what does it do? Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin known for its role in blood clotting. There are three main types of vitamin K: vitamin K1 (phytonadione) if the natural form found in plants; vitamin K2 (menaquinones) is made by the human gut; and vitamin K3 (menadione) [...]
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Riboflavin What is riboflavin, and what does it do? Riboflavin is one of the water-soluble B vitamins and is also known as vitamin B2. It is needed for converting food to energy, works as an antioxidant by scavenging damaging free radicals, and is needed to convert vitamin B6 and folate into active forms. How much [...]
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Niacin What is niacin, and what does it do? Niacin is a water-soluble B vitamin that is also known as vitamin B3, nicotinamide, or nicotinic acid. Niacin assists in the proper functioning of the nervous and digestive system, maintaining healthy skin, and conversion of food to energy. How much niacin do I need to consume? [...]
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Thiamin What is thiamin, and what does it do? Thiamin is another one of the water-soluble B vitamins. It was previously known as vitamin B1 or aneurine and can also be spelled thiamine. Thiamin is involved in numerous functions: metabolism of carbohydrates, nervous system functioning, producing hydrochloric acid, muscle functioning, flow of electrolytes in and [...]
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Vitamin B6 What is vitamin B6, and what does it do? Vitamin B6 is one of the water-soluble B vitamins. It comes in three forms: pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. It serves numerous functions in your body, including red blood cell metabolism, making hemoglobin, assisting in the proper functioning of the nervous system, assisting in the [...]
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Vitamin B12 What is it, and what does it do? Vitamin B12 is needed for producing and maintaining new cells, including nerve cells and red blood cells. It is also needed to help make DNA. Vitamin B12 is bound to the proteins in food. Once you consume B12, the hydrochloric acid in your stomach releases [...]
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Vitamin C What is it, and what does it do? Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble antioxidant vitamin. Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of collagen and dentin. Collagen is the structural component of blood vessels, bones, ligaments, and tendons, while dentin is the structural component of teeth. Vitamin C [...]
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Vitamin A What is it, and what does it do? Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is broken down into two categories: preformed vitamin A comes from animal foods, and provitamin A carotenoid comes from plant foods. Vitamin A serves many functions: helps regulate the immune system to prevent and fight infections helps form [...]
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Vitamin E What is it, and what does it do? Vitamin E represents a family of eight fat-soluble antioxidant vitamins. Each form has its own function. Alpha-tocopherol is the most important E vitamin in humans. Vitamin E is involved in maintaining cell integrity, and it protects vitamin A and essential fatty acids from oxidation in [...]
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Folic Acid What is folic acid, and what does it do? Folic acid is the man-made form of folate, a naturally occurring B vitamin. Because it’s a water-soluble vitamin, it cannot be stored in the body so it needs to be supplied on a continuous basis. Folic acid helps form and maintain new cells. It [...]
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