Talk:Vitamin/Archive 1

message: I just made a bunch of copyedits, so I'm designating this spot for any objections to them. :) --Spikey 21:25, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks good to me.  I misread the vitamin D stuff the first time around (I thought vitamin D was being used for sythesis, rather than it being synthesized).  Maybe this could be tweaked a bit, but I'm not sure how. Anthony DiPierro 22:18, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "A boatload of copyedits" 

message: What are "Pro-vitamins"?  These are commonly advertised in hair care products.  For example, panthenol is referred to as "pro-vitamin B5."  What meaning does the "pro" add?  How is panthenol related to pantothenic acid?  --LostLeviathan 02:30, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro-vitamins? 

message: Is choline really a vitamin? It's the 14th one in a list which, according to the text, should have 13 chemicals. The page about choline states that
:The neurotransmitter acetylcholine is converted into choline and acetic acid by the enzymes acetylcholinesterase. This happens typically in the juncture between a motor nerve cell and a muscle cell.
So it's made in the human body which is against the definition of vitamin. I think it should be removed from the table.
: It's not a vitamin (for humans) and ought to be removed. - Nunh-huh 22:29, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Choline

message: A recent addition to the article reads:
:"One of the serious problems of taking vitamin supplements is the fact that most of the vitamins strongly increase the appetite. In today's world a lot of people are obese."
Etc. I'd really want to see a source for the claim that high intake of vitamins increases appetite and causes obesity. --EnSamulili 23:43, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: When you find such information put it in the individual vitamin articles. I think some of the vitamin articles already have such information. This article is on vitamins in general. -- 18:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Obesity

message: The article is nice, but it doesn't touch one aspect of the issue: which vitamins (and minerals) are actually important to care about in the modern world.
It seems that typical Western diet contains so much of some of them, that the only way of getting a deficiency is by heavy dieting or having some other illness. On the other hand, some vitamins and minerals are present in a typical diet in insuffiecient or barely suffiecient amounts.
Another part of the problem is that some vitamins are stored in large amount (typically in liver), so you don't need to care much about them in your daily diet, while others need constant resupply.
Mere daily recommendations don't catch those important distinctions.
This kind of information is difficult to find, and it would be really great Wikipedia gathered them and summarized in useful form.
:When you find such information put it in the individual vitamin articles. I think some of the vitamin articles already have such information. This article is on vitamins in general. -- 18:20, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which vitamins are actually important 

message: Selling vitamins is a big market. But what are the benefits and drawbacks of taking vitamins? I would be quite interested in the "facts" regarding that question, and think they would fit quite well in an article about vitamins. --Avernet 19:36, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Benefits of vitamins 

message: Some quick research reveals that "Vitamin H" is another term for biotin. So, as funny as the last explanation was ("Antipsychotic drug haldol is sometimes referred to as  Vitamin H in psych hospitals (off-the-record, of course)."), I replaced it with this entry, which is far more pertinent. Also, I removed the reference to Ativan being called vitamin A. I've never heard or read of this, and it seemed too much like a joke for me not to delete it.
Fuzzform 01:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vitamin H 

message: How about a section on Provitamins --Melaen 16:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Provitamin]]

message: SHould this be called something more logical like vitamins required by humans?--Peta 03:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Human vitamins

message: The article Ergadenylic acid claims that that substance is essential and is a true vitamin.  Meanwhile, this article says that it is not.  Which article is correct? And more importantly, what evidence does each side have to support their claims??? Please cite your sources.  Thanks.  --Transhumanist 08:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Contradiction

message: The Good article nomination for  has failed
:Thank you for a very informative article. Unfortunately, it does not meet the Good Article standards. The lead is too long and does not summarize the article in any way. (see WP:LEAD) Also, several of the sections have no inline references at all (for example, History) and the reference section is a mix of formal footnotes and bibliography. Please bring it back again when you've had a chance to work on it some more. --CTSWyneken(talk) 01:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good Article]] [[Wikipedia:Good articles/Nominations|nomination]] has failed