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Vitamins - Learn about all the different types of Vitamins!

The term vitamin is derived from the words vital and amine. There are 13 official vitamins, and several "unofficial" vitamins that will someday be added to the official list. Vitamins work together with enzymes in chemical reactions that release energy from digested food and regulate billions of chemical activities that occur in the body every minute.

Water-soluble vitamins (B vitamins and vitamin C) are not stored so they must be taken into the body every day. Fat-soluble vitamins (Vitamins A, D, E, and K) can be stored in the body's fatty tissue and in the liver; hence the toxicity guidelines of megadosing should be observed.

Vitamin A
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Biotin
Folic Acid
Niacin
Pantothenic Acid
Riboflavin
Thiamin