Our body performs number of function right from the day we are born. It works constantly for 24 hours and 365 days; this magical system helps us to lead a healthy and great life. To keep this machine working, regular maintaince and caring is needed and it is done by the food we eat.
The food we eat has a number of vital nutrients in it, it gives us energy to perform all vital task. One such vital nutrient is Vitamins. This is Now You Know and in today's video we will talk about how these vitamins work and how it helps our body.
There are 6 different kind of vitamins namely A, B, C, D, E, K. These vitamins are the building blocks of your body that keeps it running. Vitamins are organic compounds that our body needs to keep functioning. Vitamins are the builders, defenders, and maintaince workers.
It helps to make muscle and bones, make use of nutrients and heal wounds. Our body is incapable of producing their own vitamins so we have to take them from different source. There are 2 kinds of vitamins Lipid Soluble and water Soluble.
Vitamins C and B are the water soluble vitamins as these are present in the watery parts of fruits and these are easily digested by the body. Lipid Soluble are found in dairy foods these are first broken down by the digestive system then transported to the body.
Water soluble vitamins needs to be replenished on daily basics because it easily gets out of our body through the kidneys while the lipids are stored in the kidneys. Vitamin C helps is formation of collagens while The A vitamin is responsible for White blood cells. Vitamin D gathers calcium and phosphors so that we get healthier bones.
Without these we face a variety of problems like fatigue, nerve damage and heart disorders.