VITAMINS
- basics -
Nutrients your body needs in small amounts
to stay healthy and happy.
- vitamin A helps your body natural defenses against illness and infection work properly. It is essential for vision in dim light, and keeps the skin and the lining of some parts of the body healthy.
- vitamin B includes a group of 8 vitamins, among them, vitamin B12, essential for the production of healthy red blood cells and nerve cells, and vitamin B7 (biotin), which helps the body to convert food into energy.
- vitamin C also known as ascorbic acid, acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells and keeping them in good conditions, maintaining healthy skin, blood vessels, bones and cartilage. It is also needed to produce collagen, a protein required to help wounds heal.
- vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium, needed to keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Also your nerves need it to carry messages between your brain and your body. It is important to fight off viruses and bacteria.
- vitamin E acts as an antioxidant and helps maintain healthy skin and eyes. It also boosts the immune system and helps blood circulation.
- vitamin K it is important for blood clotting, helping wounds to heal. There's also some evidence vitamin K may help keep bones healthy.
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Coded by Ana Fonseca 👩💻