What are Vitamins and Minerals?

 


Vitamins And Minerals

 

Vitamins and minerals are both fundamental supplements that are expected in a day-to-day diet. By and large, there are 13 fundamental nutrients and numerous minerals which are expected for the body to work appropriately and to keep up with the ideal wellbeing. 

 

Vitamins

The Latin terms "vita" and "amine" are combined to get the English word "nutrient," which denotes both life and nitrogen separately. In 1884, Casimir Funk discovered and gave the name to a chemical that helps the body develop and support itself.


By utilizing sugars and fats in the right ways, vitamins function as an urge in the age of energy. Nutrients are essential for human survival, and the body cannot produce them on its own (aside from vitamin D and Vitamin B3).


Therefore, it should be consumed at the appropriate levels from various sources, such as the food we eat, nutritional cases, and so on. Significant food varieties including meat, lush vegetables, natural items, and others provide nutrients.


Kinds of Vitamins


There are 13 kinds of Vitamins

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin D 
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin K
  • Thiamine
  • Riboflavin
  • Niacin
  • Pantothenic acid
  • Vitamin B6
  • Vitamin B12
  • Folate

 Also read: Chromatography


Minerals

Minerals are likewise natural mixtures found in nature, which help in the development of the human body. Minerals are fundamental for the human body to work appropriately. The lack of minerals prompts a few problems.


Rundown of Minerals, their sources, and capacities.


Types of  Minerals


There are 7 major minerals groups


  • Silicates
  • Oxides
  • Sulfates
  • Sulfides
  • Carbonates
  • Native Elements
  • Halides

 


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