Niacin (Vitamin B3), or its other form – niacinamide, is one of the water-soluble vitamins, usually included in the Vitamin B Complex. It is found in many foods including yeast, meat, fish, milk, eggs, green vegetables, beans, and cereal grains.Its main roles in our bodies are to aid in the metabolism of fats and to stabilize…
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Vitamin B 5 (Pantothenic Acid)
Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5) is another of the water-soluble B Vitamins, and is widely found in foods from plants and animals including meat, vegetables, cereal grains, legumes, eggs, and milk. In our bodies, pantothenic acid is a major participant in the creation of a molecule known as Co-enzyme A. Co-enzyme A is critical to many…
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a major role in the blood-clotting process. In fact, the “K” comes from the German “Koagulationsvitamin”, as it was called when the initial discovery was announced in a German scientific journal. In addition to its function in blood-clotting, Vitamin K is also involved in calcium-bonding processes in bone…
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