Essay On Vitamins

VITAMINS

Vitamins are group of organic substances necessary in our diets in small amounts for growth and nutrition. Generally these substances are found in food. These vitamins have more benefits than any other area of our diet. In years, Surveys have found that as majority of people do take vitamin supplements on a regular basis or occasionally with the reason of health issues. There is a great confusion about the actual purpose and benefits of this practice which includes vitamins and people think that Vitamin C prevents scurvy and Vitamin A is found in fish-liver oil and Vitamin D is found in dairy products commonly. People believe that Vitamin E prevents sterility. People also believe Vitamin C helps prevent cancer and cold. It is still huge ignorance myth about

By giving large Vitamin A supplements in experiments for half-starved children have had mixed results. Some people have reported a reduction in infant mortality, but studies done in recent times which were done on children of Sudan between age of 9 and 72 months were found little difference in their test group who were given mega doses of A which was nearly around 200,000 units. There was another group of children that was given only small amounts of Vitamin E and Vitamin D which was found mainly in unarmed dairy products is for the most part important for harden the bones and teeth and helps aid the intestine to absorb calcium. Deficiencies of vitamin D in human body can cause rickets especially in children and oseomalacia in adults which is very rare to happen. Overdose of these vitamins are known to cause retarded growth and kidney damage as well as calcium deposits in soft tissues. Vitamin E is generally found in green leafy vegetables, wheat germ, egg yolk, butter, vegetable oil and liver. It works as an antioxidant for other vitamins. It also helps in preventing vitamin C, A and other fatty-acid proteins from being burnt prematurely. By this function it also helps prevent cell