What are Vitamins?

Answer:
Vitamins play a vital role in our growth and

development. There are 13 vitamins that our body needs: vitamins A, C, D, E, K, and the B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate).

Apart from vitamin K which is formed by intestinal bacteria, and vitamin D which is produced in the skin by the action of sunlight, all vitamins have to be obtained from our diet. Vitamins fall into two categories: water-soluble vitamins have to be dissolved in water before the body can absorb them (and as such can’t be stored by the body), and fat-soluble vitamins are dissolved in fat and can be stored by the body.


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