Vitamins are organic compounds that are needed in small amounts to carry out specific metabolic actions and therefore must be present in the diet. These substances are necessarily made in the body of living organisms. These substances are necessary for biochemical reactions in the body.
How many categories are vitamins divided into?
Vitamins are divided into two groups, water-soluble and fat-soluble.
Water soluble vitamins include the following.
“It should be noted that these vitamins are excreted through urine and are not dangerous if they are consumed even up to ten times the RDA.”
The group of B vitamins includes: B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 (pyridoxine, pyrodoxal, pyrodoxamine), B9 (acid folic or folate), B12 (cyanocobalamin), H(biotin) and vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
Fat soluble vitamins include the following vitamins. Since these vitamins are stored in the body, they should be used carefully and cautiously because they may cause poisoning.
A (retinol, retinal, retinoic acid), D (cholecalciferol), E (tocopherol), K (phytonadione).