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Riboflavin (B2)

Riboflavin has a yellow color and as a result has been used as a food coloring. Riboflavin is water soluble, so a regular daily intake is vital.

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Thiamin (B1)

Thiamin is known as "the morale vitamin" because of the beneficial effects it has on the nervous system and morale. People with heart disease have been found to have lower than normal levels of thiamin in their heart muscle.

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A occurs in two forms: preformed vitamin A, known as retinol, and provitamin A, known as beta carotene. Vitamin A is known as "the vision vitamin" for its role in aiding eyesight. Vitamin A is fat soluble – it is stored in the liver and need not

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Vitamin C

Humans, guinea-pigs, apes and the Indian fruit bat are the only known animal species on our planet that cannot make vitamin C. As a result, we rely on our food and drink to supply us with this vitamin.

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Vitamin D

In the 17th century, the smog and naturally dull English weather caused many children to have rickets (twisted, malformed limbs). Rickets became known as "the English disease."

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Vitamin E (Tocopherol)

This vitamin is one of the antioxidant nutrients (the others are vitamins A and C and the minerals selenium and zinc). Vitamin E has had many names, one of the earliest was "the anti-sterility vitamin.

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Vitamin K

Vitamin K is found in fatty foods. Nature has provided enough fats in foods containing fat-soluble vitamins to ensure their absorption without eating additional fat.

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