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ShareA vitamin is an organic molecule required by a living organism in minute amounts for proper health.
In general, an organism must obtain vitamins or their metabolic precursors from outside the body, most often from the organism's diet.
For more information about the topic Vitamin, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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Essential nutrient — An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal body functioning that can not be synthesized by the body. Categories of essential nutrient ... > read more
Micronutrient — Micronutrients are essential elements needed by life in small quantities. They include microminerals and Vitamins.
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Food groups — The food groups are part of a method of classification for the various foods that humans consume in their everyday lives, based on the nutritional ... > read more
Vitamin K — Vitamin K denotes a group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives. They are human vitamins, lipophilic (i.e., soluble in lipids) and therefore ... > read more
Brown rice — Brown rice is unmilled or partly milled rice, a kind of whole grain. It has a mild nutty flavor, is chewier than white rice, and becomes rancid more ... > read more
Vitamin A — Retinol, the animal form of vitamin A, is a yellow fat-soluble, antioxidant vitamin important in vision and bone growth. It belongs to the family of ... > read more
Vegetable — Vegetable is a culinary term. Its definition has no scientific value and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten ... > read more
Vitamin D — Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone precursor that contributes to the maintenance of normal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the ... > read more
Whole grain — Whole grains are cereal grains which retain the bran and germ as well as the endosperm, in contrast to refined grains which retain only the ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Vitamin at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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