Jul
03
Vitamins: Functions and their sources
Vitamin refer to essential dietary factor which is required by an organism in small amounts and whose absence results in deficiency diseases. Vitamins are important for their regularity and protective functions. Unlike most other nutrients, they are required in very small amounts. But it is necessary to provide these in diet because many of them cannot be synthesized in our body. Excess intake of any vitamin however is harmful. Vitamins are generally classified on the basis of their solubility.
- Water soluble vitamin: vitamin C, B complex
- Fat soluble vitamin: vitamin A, D, E and K