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Vitamin Class

Learn about Vitamins is an interactive tool which helps us to understand about vitamins, its requirements in an individuals body.

A few interesting facts :

1.Taking Antibiotics can result in the loss of vitamins from the body.

2.Smoking just one cigarette can destroy vitamin C equivalent to that contained in one Orange fruit.

3.3 I.U.(International units) = 1ìg(microgram)106ìg micrograms = 1gm.

4.A High does of Iron supplements can interact with antibiotics and make them less effective in fighting infections.

5..High doses of vitamin B6, which is used to combat premenstrual tension, can cause nerve damage.

6.Over does of Vitamin A during pregnancy can harm the unborn child.

Some Vital Facts about Vitamins :
1	Vitamins A, D, E & K are fat soluble vitamins and Vitamin B & C are water soluble vitamins.
2	The fat soluble vitamins can be stored in the body fat and can be utilised for the body metabolism as and when required. Whereas the water soluble vitamins B & C can not be stored by the body for too long and any excess is excreted in the urine, hence we need to take these vitamins (B & C) on regularly.
3	Long term consumption of antibiotics can result in deficiency of Vitamin K in the body.
4	Bile is required for absorption of Vitamin K. In case of jaundice or patients with gall stones, there may be obstruction to the flow of bile from the liver and this can lead to deficiency of Vitamin K.
5	Vitamin A is derived from carotenes present in various foods. There are different types of carotenes available in the food and of these â-carotenes are the richest sources of vitamin A.

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