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A water-soluble vitamin that is necessary in the body to form collagen in bones, cartilage, muscle, skin, and blood vessels and aids in the absorption of dietary iron*
Exits in three primary forms: ascorbic acid, semidehydroascorbate, and dehydroascorbate. Ascorbic acid is the reduced form*
Unlike most other mammals, humans are unable to synthesize vitamin C from glucose because of their lack of one vital enzyme. Thus, humans must ingest vitamin C*
Known for its antioxidant activities and helps protect cells from oxidative damage. Of particular importance is its antioxidant function with lipids. Low density lipoproteins (LDL) are also protected from free radical damage by this vitamin. Ascorbic acid is able to regenerate vitamin E by donating a hydrogen ion to the oxidized tocopheroxyl radical*
Participates in many reactions and is needed to make many other important compounds such as thyroid hormone, steroid hormones, bile acids, serotonin, and parts of the DNA molecules*
Essential for our immune system to function effectively and wounds to heal timely*
When the body is under a lot of stress, both environmental and emotional, vitamin C excretion is increased*

Thiamine is a water-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in many important body functions especially energy production, carbohydrate metabolism, and neurocognitive function*
Because thiamine is not stored in large quantity in the body, we need to obtain it from dietary source continuously to prevent deficiency*
Thiamine insufficiency has a marked effect on the nervous system, muscle, and heart; people may experience confusion, poor memory, irritability, fatigue, weakness, weight loss, edema, and decreased heart function*
Found mostly in the outer layers of the grain and in the germ*
Processing foods will remove thiamine. Thiamine is destroyed by sulfites (a common food additive), heat, and alkaline (such as baking soda, antacid)*

Vitamin B2

Riboflavin is part of the coenzymes flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotid (FAD) that are required in reactions that extract energy from glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids. In order to have efficient energy production from the nutrients in our diet, vitamin B2 is essential for this process*
Needed for the activity of glutathione reductase which supports the antioxidant and detoxification function*
Insufficiency of riboflavin can affect a wide array of physiologic functions as riboflavin is also involved in the metabolism of vitamin K, folic acid, vitamin B3 and B6*

Vitamin B3

The two main forms of vitamin B3 are niacin and niacinamide
Forms a part of crucially important coenzymes that participate in at least 200 metabolic pathway*
Plays a key role in energy metabolism, both under normal conditions and during vigorous activity*

Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 is involved in about 100 enzymatic reactions. Some of the roles are to convert one amino acid into another in order to produce the nonessential amino acids, to support blood cell synthesis, and to help produce a number of neurotransmitters. Vitamin B6 also helps glucose generation from amino acids (gluconeogenesis) and release energy*

Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is synthesized in nature by bacteria, and exits in all animal foods; plants do not contain a bioactive form of vitamin B12*
The primary function of vitamin B12 is to serve as a methyl group donor. It transforms folate into activated form to function in DNA synthesis and blood cell synthesis*

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is important in many physiologic functions such as calcium absorption and metabolism, bone mineralization, neuromuscular function, immune function, and regulating cell growth*
There are 2 primary forms of vitamin D: vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol)*
The body synthesizes 7-dehydrocholesterol, which is converted to vitamin D3 when skin is directly exposed to UV rays from sunlight. Plants synthesize ergosterol, which is converted to vitamin D2 by UV rays*
As we age, our skin does not make vitamin D as efficiently when exposed to sunlight, and the kidneys are less able to convert vitamin D to its active form*