425 Vitamins Minerals Indiashastra

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Vitamins and Minerals

Earlier known as ACCESSORY FACTORS


later renamed VITAMIN by FUNK

Water Soluble
Fat Soluble
Water-soluble vitamins are not stored in
Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the fat our body as its excess gets excrete
cells and as the name suggests, these through the urine. Therefore, these
vitamins require fat in order to be vitamins need to be replenished
absorbed. Vitamin A, D, E and K are fat- constantly. Vitamin B and C are water-
soluble vitamins. soluble vitamins
Similar to minerals, vitamins cannot be synthesized by our
body. Therefore, we need to get them from the food we
consume.

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