VITAMINS‚ THEIR TYPES AND USES Vitamins are vital nutrients‚ indispensable to perform various tasks within the human body in order to promote optimal health and prevent various diseases. How do Vitamins work? Although required in minimal quantities these vitamins cannot be synthesised by the human body. Hence‚ they rely on easily available animal and plant sources for replenishment. These vitamins in conjunction with other nutrients help break down proteins‚ thereby stabilising metabolism‚ enabling
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10/27/15 Vitamin D Deficiency Regarding Muscles Vitamin D deficiency has been tied to mainly bone pathologies. Recent research shows that the effects of Vitamin D span further than just affecting bones and particularly cause muscle weakness. Vitamin D is responsible for aiding in the absorption of other minerals‚ such as calcium. Calcium is a key ligand in muscle contractions‚ thus‚ Vitamin D indirectly can effect muscle contractions. An article published in Nutrition Reviews‚ Vitamin D: an overview
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Determination of Vitamin C by an Iodometric Titration Purpose: The goal of this lab is to determine the concentration of vitamin C in juices and Real Lemon. A redox titration‚ involving an iodometric method‚ will be used to do the analysis. The samples will be classified by their Vitamin C content. Introduction: Although most mammals can synthesize vitamin C‚ or ascorbic acid (C6H8O6)‚ from sugars‚ man must ingest considerable quantities of this substance. The National Academy of Sciences recommends
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The benefits of vitamin E are now fairly well established. Out of a controversial past it has become clear that vitamin E plays important roles as an antioxidant‚ in your immune system‚ in preventing heart disease and even in helping prevent cancer. As if this wasn’t enough‚ the research continues into other beneficial effects that vitamin E may have. It’s not particularly easy to come by however meaning if you want to get all the benefits you probably should consider a supplement to your
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be found in food but significant amounts of vitamin D can also be produced by the body. It can be obtained from sun exposure‚ food‚ and supplements are biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for activation. The two major forms of which are vitamins D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). This paper not only looks into the essential function of vitamin D on the subject of bone health‚ but also other non-calcemic
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tamin C‚ ascorbic acid‚ is one of the most important vitamins found in citrus juices‚ including orange juice. Often projects find that orange juices made from frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) have the highest vitamin C levels as compared to freshly squeezed or not-from-concentrate (NFC) juices. This is probably due to the fact that vitamin C degrades over time in fresh and NFC‚ but doesn’t degrade as much in FCOJ due to it being frozen until reconstitution. If one is comparing a NFC product
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: THE VITAMIN C CONTENT OF FRUIT JUICES AND TABLETS DATE OF EXPERIMENT : 1ST AUGUST 2013 DATE OF SUBMISSION : 27TH AUGUST 2013 LECTURER : PUAN ZAKIAH BT. ZAKARIA OBJECTIVE * To determine the vitamin C content in fresh fruit juice * To determine the vitamin C content in commercial fruit juice * To determine the vitamin C content in tablet
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Project Title: Making of Malunggay Salad and Lemon Grass Juice I. INTRODUCTION 2.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM One of the main issues that we have right now is getting the right vitamins and nutrients to our body. How we will do this is by choosing the food that we eat. Aside from that‚ we have to take consideration its cost. Can Filipino‚ in all walks of life‚ afford a healthy meal? More Filipinos have been eating rice just to withstand empty stomach rather than eating a balanced
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October 14‚ 2011 Vitamin B12 Deficiency Vitamin B12 deficiency is also known as Cabalamin‚ it is a water-soluble vitamin that helps to maintain the healthy central nervous system and the formation of the red blood cells. Usually water soluble vitamins can’t be stored by the body. However‚ Vitamin B12 is a special kind of vitamin that can be stored in the liver for years. It is also needed to make the DNA material that exists in every cell. The average adult needs 2.4 microgram of vitamin B12 daily. Pregnant
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Benefits of Vitamin E In this article we will look at the benefits of vitamin E. Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin found in many foods‚ especially certain fats and oils. It is a powerful antioxidant that protects the body from damage caused by free radicals. Vitamin E has many other health benefits also. First of all‚ to fully understand the importance of the effect of vitamin E on free radicals‚ you must understand what a free radical is and what it can do to your body. A free radical is an
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