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    Vitamins are organic micronutrients that are essential for proper metabolism. They are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K are stored in adipose tissue, while water-soluble vitamins like the B vitamins and C cannot be stored and must be regularly replenished through diet. Deficiencies of different vitamins can lead to diseases, for example a lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and hardening of the cornea, while vitamin C deficiency results in scurvy.

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    Vitamins are organic micronutrients that are essential for proper metabolism. They are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K are stored in adipose tissue, while water-soluble vitamins like the B vitamins and C cannot be stored and must be regularly replenished through diet. Deficiencies of different vitamins can lead to diseases, for example a lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and hardening of the cornea, while vitamin C deficiency results in scurvy.

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    Vitamins are organic micronutrients that are essential for proper metabolism. They are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K are stored in adipose tissue, while water-soluble vitamins like the B vitamins and C cannot be stored and must be regularly replenished through diet. Deficiencies of different vitamins can lead to diseases, for example a lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and hardening of the cornea, while vitamin C deficiency results in scurvy.

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    Vitamins are organic micronutrients that are essential for proper metabolism. They are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K are stored in adipose tissue, while water-soluble vitamins like the B vitamins and C cannot be stored and must be regularly replenished through diet. Deficiencies of different vitamins can lead to diseases, for example a lack of vitamin A causes night blindness and hardening of the cornea, while vitamin C deficiency results in scurvy.

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    Vitamins

    Definition: A vitamin is an organic molecule (or a chemically closely related set


    of molecules, i.e. vitamers) that is an essential micronutrient which an organism needs
    in small quantities for the proper functioning of its metabolism. 

    Classification of Vitamins
    Vitamins are generally classified as water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins.

    1. Fat-Soluble Vitamins
    Vitamin A, D, E and K are fat-soluble. These are stored in adipose tissues and hence are called
    fat-soluble vitamins.

    2. Water-Soluble Vitamins
    Vitamins in B-group and vitamin C are water-soluble and cannot be stored in our bodies as they
    pass with the water in urine. These vitamins must be supplied to our bodies with regular diets.

    Functions of Vitamins
    Based on their role in biological processes and their effect different vitamins have
    different functions, their function can be best understood by knowing about their
    deficiency diseases. Given below is the list of vitamins and their deficiency diseases:
    1. Vitamin A – Hardening of the cornea in eye, night blindness.
    2. Vitamin B1 – Deficiency may cause beriberi, dwarfism.
    3. Vitamin B2 – Deficiency can cause disorders in the digestive system, skin
    burning sensations, cheilosis.
    4. Vitamin B6 – Deficiency of B6 causes convulsions, conjunctivitis, and
    sometimes neurological disorders.
    5. Vitamin B12 – Its deficiency can cause pernicious anemia and a decrease in red
    blood cells in hemoglobin.
    6. Vitamin C – It is a water-soluble vitamin, its deficiency causes bleeding in gums
    and scurvy.
    7. Vitamin D – It is obtained by our body when exposed to sunlight. Its deficiency
    causes improper growth of bones, soft bones in kids, rickets.
    8. Vitamin E – Deficiency of vitamin E leads to weakness in muscles and increases
    the fragility of red blood cells.
    9. Vitamin K – It plays an important role in blood clotting. The deficiency of vitamin
    K increases the time taken by the blood to clot. Severe deficiency may cause
    death due to excessive blood loss in case of a cut or an injury.

    Differences between Fat-soluble and Water-soluble:


    Vitamin- A
    Definition: Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic
    compounds that includes retinol, retinal, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most
    notably beta-carotene).

    Sources:
    There are two types of vitamin A. Preformed vitamin A, also called retinol,
    is found in animal products. Good sources are fortified milk, eggs, meat,
    cheese, liver, halibut fish oil, cream and kidneys. Pro-vitamin A is found in
    plant-based foods such as fruits and vegetables, according to the U.S.
    National Library of Medicine (NLM). The most common type of pro-vitamin A
    is beta-carotene, a carotenoid that produces dark pigments in plant foods.
    Beta-carotene can be found in these brightly colored foods:

     Cantaloupe
     Pink grapefruit
     Apricots
     Carrots
     Pumpkin
     Sweet potatoes
     Winter squash
     Dark green, leafy vegetables
     Broccoli 

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