Vitamins
Vitamins are essential in a balanced diet – but why exactly? Vitamins are micronutrients involved in many essential processes in the body. Some vitamins cannot be produced by the body at all, or only in small amounts. These essential vitamins therefore need to be supplied through a healthy diet. Among these vitamins a distinction is made between fat-soluble vitamins, which can be stored in fatty tissue, and water-soluble vitamins, which are excreted via the kidneys when present in excess. As these vitamins are not stored, regular intake is particularly important... Read more
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The function of vitamins
Vitamins are organic compounds that are essential for life and cannot be produced by the human body itself. Therefore they must be supplied through the diet. A distinction is made between fat-soluble (Vitamin A, D, E, K) and water-soluble vitamins (B vitamins and vitamin C). They play a decisive role in metabolism and regulate the activity of many enzymes.
Since deficiencies have extremely adverse effects on health, it is absolutely necessary to correct them. In addition to vitamins that the body can use directly, there are provitamins (such as certain carotenoids) that the body can relatively easily convert into vitamins.
No fatty acids are required for the absorption of these water-soluble vitamins from the intestine into the blood. They are absorbed in the small intestine and are usually precursors to or components of enzymes. The fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K are highly soluble in fat due to their non‑polar structure, but not in water. To be absorbed across the intestinal mucosa into the body, they require fatty acids or the simultaneous consumption of foods containing fat. For this reason these vitamins are also often available in the form of oils in dropper bottles or with dosing pipettes. However, since these drops contain only a tiny amount of edible oil, we nonetheless recommend taking them together with a fatty meal even when using these formulations.
Note on safety when taking them
Water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin C and all the B-complex vitamins are excreted via the kidneys when taken in excess. A risk of poisoning is therefore virtually non‑existent for these vitamins, as they cannot be accumulated in the body. The fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K can accumulate, so recommended intake levels should be observed. Although the amount at which they become dangerous is many times the recommended daily intakes, it is possible to sustain health damage at extremely high amounts.
In any case, common sense should be used; the much‑loved maxim "more is better" does not apply to vitamins. In such cases water-soluble vitamins end up as expensive urine in the toilet, while fat-soluble vitamins lead to the opposite of what is intended, namely health damage. This is especially true for children. Poisonings due to extremely excessive intake of, for example, vitamin A or D are reported far more frequently in children than in adults.