Why are vitamins essential for us ?
As Carbohydrates, Proteins, fats, water, and salts form an essential part of our food, vitamins also belong to same category.Lack of vitamins can cause many disease . Some Complication like loss in digestive power, weakening of eye- sight , general weakness, tiredness,dryness of skin , inflammation of gums, weakening of Bones etc. appear in body due to deficiency of vitamins. What are the vitamins ? The word vitamin was coined by Casimir funk in 1912 . after the Latin word 'vita' which means life .In fact , vitamin are organic materials which are found in many food substance and essential for the functioning of the body. They are many kinds of vitamins and each vitamins has a separate role in keeping our body healthy. Thirteen kinds of different vitamins have already been isolated, but six vitamins are most important. These are A, B, C, D, E & K Vitamin A ( Retinol) : It is fat soluble vitamins . This is very es...