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Choline:
Debate still whether this should be considered a 14th vitamin. "Choline is the only nutrient for which deprivation clearly enhances carcinogenesis." It is also a precursor to a chemical called trimethylamine. If you can't break down trimethylamine - which some people are genetically unable to do - your body odor may smell strongly of fish.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:27PM
Debate still whether this should be considered a 14th vitamin. "Choline is the only nutrient for which deprivation clearly enhances carcinogenesis." It is also a precursor to a chemical called trimethylamine. If you can't break down trimethylamine - which some people are genetically unable to do - your body odor may smell strongly of fish.
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Vitamin K:
Comes from koagulation... given this vitamin's important role in blood clotting. Plays a role in building strong bones.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:25PM
Comes from koagulation... given this vitamin's important role in blood clotting. Plays a role in building strong bones.
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Vitamin E:
Catchall phrase for a family of substances - at least 8 - that have the biological activity of alpha-tocopherol, a chemical substance whose name comes from the Greek words tokos ("childbirth") and pherein ("to bear"). Able to protect cells form oxidative damage, an important fat-soluble antioxidant, still many mysteries though.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:23PM
Catchall phrase for a family of substances - at least 8 - that have the biological activity of alpha-tocopherol, a chemical substance whose name comes from the Greek words tokos ("childbirth") and pherein ("to bear"). Able to protect cells form oxidative damage, an important fat-soluble antioxidant, still many mysteries though.
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Vitamin D:
Our bodies need vitamin D in order to absorb calcium, a mineral that's crucial for normal bone formation - that's why vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets in kids, or soft bones in adults.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:20PM
Our bodies need vitamin D in order to absorb calcium, a mineral that's crucial for normal bone formation - that's why vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets in kids, or soft bones in adults.
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Vitamin C:
Ascorbic Acid. Humans are the only mammals that can't make their own vitamin C (along with guinea pigs, fruit bats, and some primates). It helps form collagen a protein that your body uses to make skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels; it also helps you heal wounds and form scar tissue and repair and maintain your cartilage, bones, and teeth. It is an important antioxidant.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:17PM
Ascorbic Acid. Humans are the only mammals that can't make their own vitamin C (along with guinea pigs, fruit bats, and some primates). It helps form collagen a protein that your body uses to make skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels; it also helps you heal wounds and form scar tissue and repair and maintain your cartilage, bones, and teeth. It is an important antioxidant.
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B12 can be used as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.
Symptoms of a B12 deficient include everything from a loss of balance to hallucinations, disorientation, numbness or tingling in the hands and arms, memory loss, megaloblastic anemia, and irreversible dementia.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:15PM
Symptoms of a B12 deficient include everything from a loss of balance to hallucinations, disorientation, numbness or tingling in the hands and arms, memory loss, megaloblastic anemia, and irreversible dementia.
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Vitamin B12 is only naturally found in products like meat, fish, and dairy, which is why vegans are often deficient in it. Sources also include kidneys, liver, oysters, and - while I don't recommend this - feces.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:12PM
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Vitamin B12:
Cobalamin. It is made almost exclusively by bacteria, including those that live in cows' rumens, sewage treatment plants, and the mud of the San Francisco Bay. It is the only molecule in the human body that contains cobalt and is the best stored of the vitamins; even human babies, who are born with relatively low amounts of it, have enough to last for a year.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:12PM
Cobalamin. It is made almost exclusively by bacteria, including those that live in cows' rumens, sewage treatment plants, and the mud of the San Francisco Bay. It is the only molecule in the human body that contains cobalt and is the best stored of the vitamins; even human babies, who are born with relatively low amounts of it, have enough to last for a year.
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Vitamin B9:
Folate, the synthetic form of which is known as folic acid, plays an essential role in closing an embryo's neural tube, the structure that will eventually become the baby's brain and spinal column. The trick is to get enough before you conceive.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:09PM
Folate, the synthetic form of which is known as folic acid, plays an essential role in closing an embryo's neural tube, the structure that will eventually become the baby's brain and spinal column. The trick is to get enough before you conceive.
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Vitamin B7:
Biotin is one of the B vitamins that one one really seems to care about. It's a water-soluble, fairly stable coenzyme that helps break down carbs and fats and plays an important role in cellular respiration.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:07PM
Biotin is one of the B vitamins that one one really seems to care about. It's a water-soluble, fairly stable coenzyme that helps break down carbs and fats and plays an important role in cellular respiration.
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Vitamin B6:
Pyridoxine. All forms of vitamin B6 are converted by our bodies into a coenzyme called pyridoxal phosphate, which plays a role in a surprisingly diverse array of functions and conditions including growth, cognitive development, depression, immune function, fatigue, and the activity of steroid hormones. It helps our bodies make antibodies and hemoglobin, maintains our nerves, and breaks down protein.
— Sep 23, 2015 01:04PM
Pyridoxine. All forms of vitamin B6 are converted by our bodies into a coenzyme called pyridoxal phosphate, which plays a role in a surprisingly diverse array of functions and conditions including growth, cognitive development, depression, immune function, fatigue, and the activity of steroid hormones. It helps our bodies make antibodies and hemoglobin, maintains our nerves, and breaks down protein.
