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Significance of Vitamin B In The Body Vitamin B is essential for the functioning of body cells.   Vitamin B helps in converting the food into: Energy Metabolism Creating new blood cells Maintenance of healthy cells of the skin Production of brain cells Maintenance of body tissues   Different types of vitamin B have other functions. Vitamin B1 or thiamin helps in synthesizing several significant hormones and fatty acids. It also helps in the production of brain chemicals or neurotransmitters.   Vitamin B2 or riboflavin is significant for the production of energy. It also aids in the breakdown of hormones,...

Vitamin B Vitamin B is a water-soluble vitamin that has several vital functions in the growth and development of the human body. Vitamin B incorporates the group of eight essential types, which are necessary for several metabolic and developmental processes.   Types of vitamin B: Vitamin B1: Thiamin, or vitamin B1, is a coenzyme that helps in the synthesis of amino acid and sugars. A Dutch military physician Christiaan Eijkman identified this vitamin. Vitamin B2: Riboflavin or vitamin B2 is a cofactor precursor for two enzymes necessary for flavoproteins (family of enzymes). Riboflavin is a yellowish pigment that is slightly...

  Significance of vitamin A Vitamin A is basically a fat-soluble vitamin that has significant importance for health. Vitamin A is present in two forms as provitamin and preformed vitamin.     Vision For preserving your vision and eyesight, vitamin A is significant. Vitamin A converts the rays of light, which your eyes capture and change them to an electrical signal, and these signals are sent to the brain for creating an image. Vitamin A deficiency can cause night blindness or nyctalopia. Nyctalopia is a type of disease in which a person can’t see clearly during night time. Age-related macular...

  Vitamin E Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin. It is found in some foods and several dietary supplements. Vitamin E consists of a variety of compounds that have antioxidant properties. Types of vitamin E: There are eight chemical forms of vitamin E: Alpha Beta Gamma Delta-tocopherol Alpha-tocotrienol Beta-tocotrienol Gamma-tocotrienol Delta-tocotrienol   All of these forms have different levels of biological activities in the body. A chemical form of vitamin E, which can meet all the human requirements is alpha-tocopherol. Vitamin E’s serum concentrations depend upon the liver. The liver tends to take up these nutrients once the small intestine...

Vitamin E is an inorganic molecule that is necessary for the proper functioning and maintenance of the body. Antioxidant Vitamin E tends to protect the cells from the damage of oxidative stress and free radicals. The formation of free radicals results in the destruction of the cells, which can increase the risk of cancer and heart disease in the body. When the body is converting the food into energy, it tends to produce the ROS (reactive oxygen species) in the body, damaging the cells.  Vitamin E can help with neutralizing the effects of the ROS and thus prevents the cell's...