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Vitamin
* All vitamins are antioxidants as they work to repair cell nutrition
  - organic food substances that are found only in living things, plants and animals
  - together, minerals, etc
  - deteriorate over time
  - work best when taken in combination with food
* Ask the children if they take vitamins in the morning.
* Discuss the general functions and classifications of vitamins.
* Every vitamin is essential to the proper growth and development of the body.
* Given below list of vitamins and doses recommended during pregnancy.
* Many Vitamins are harmful to the fetus even in minute quantities.
* Many vitamins are precursors to co-enzymes
  - enhance or inhibit various metabolic pathways, sometimes with nootropic effect
  - help eliminate and fight toxins in our body
  - require or contain sulfur
  - work together to regulate several processes within the body
* Most vitamins are either coenzymes or precursors of coenzymes
  - plentiful in plants, or are only really found in plants
* Most vitamins contain important minerals
  - vitamin minerals
* Most vitamins contribute to good health
* Most vitamins find in certain food
* Most vitamins function as coenzymes or cofactors
  - cofactors for enzymatic reactions
* Most vitamins have benefits
  - huge potential
  - negative effects
* Most vitamins have net effects
  - positive effects
  - roles
  - toxic effects
* Most vitamins help bone tissue
  - carbohydrates
* Most vitamins help certain conditions
  - health conditions
  - diseases
  - essential nutrients
  - hair growth
  - healthy skin
  - immune responses
  - metabolism
  - muscle weakness
* Most vitamins help prevent abnormalities
  - birth defects
* Most vitamins help prevent major birth defects
* Most vitamins improve health
  - ovulation
  - increase excretion
  - make up food
* Most vitamins offer health benefits
  - many health benefits
* Most vitamins prevent associate health conditions
* Most vitamins promote growth
  - protect skin
* Most vitamins provide essential nourishment
  - optimum health
  - physical stability
  - synthetic vitamins
  - serve multiple functions
* Most vitamins stimulate growth
  - support good health
* Some vitamin deficiencies cause infertility.
* Some vitamins affect functions
  - also help the body tolerate the more toxic effects of anti-HIV drugs
* Some vitamins are antioxidants
  - fractions of the whole vitamin complex instead of the whole complex
  - located in fish
  - needed by goats
  - poisonous if taken in large doses
* Some vitamins are soluble in fats, some in water
  - only in fat or oil
  - very important for hair growth
  - water soluble and some are fat soluble
* Some vitamins can be harmful if taken in excess amounts
  - cause health problems
* Some vitamins cause widespread health problems
  - come from hay
  - consist of a single compound
* Some vitamins contain acid
  - baobabs
  - dissolve easily in water and are called water-soluble vitamins
* Some vitamins find in honey
  - meat
* Some vitamins have antioxidant activity
  - several different closely related forms that occur naturally in food
* Some vitamins help abnormalities
  - cancer
  - in biochemical transformations, such as absorbing oxygen in the lungs
  - prevent diseases
  - the body use energy
  - to make energy
  - promote absorption
  - protect hearts
* act also as an anti-inflammatory.
* act as catalysts and are required elements in our body's energy production process
  - catalysts, initiating many bodily functions
  - facilitating or enabling agents and require the presence of other nutrients
  - helper molecules in a variety of chemical reactions in the body
  - regulators of a variety of chemical reactions in the body
* aid the breakdown of nutrients into usable forms.
* also affect tissue growth and anti-body production
  - do the same for minerals
  - works at another stage of cancer development
* are a good source of energy
  - natural anti-inflammatory and assist in the reversal of sun damage
  - science just like drugs and all other product producing industries
* are absolutely essential for growth, maintenance, and reproduction of the human body
  - necessary for our growth, vitality, and general well-being
  - all organic chemicals
  - also available as commercial nutritional supplements
* are also important for strength and pain management
  - in the mange case
  - to promote healthy body function
  - among the most preferred type of product for enhancing human energy and health
* are an essential part of life for any creature, but only if administered in balanced form
  - important nutritional group which many hobbyists fail to provide for their fish
  - organic substance that is essential for healthy living
  - biological compounds which are active in extremely small amounts
  - catalysts for enzyme reactions
  - chemical compounds
* are classified as water soluble or fat soluble
  - into two groups
  - close to being worthless without the minerals
  - coenzymes that help enzymes function, or are involved in compound synthesis
  - competition for the pharmaceutical industry
* are complex organic compounds found in small amounts in most foods
  - that allow the occurrence of bodily metabolic reactions
  - critical to the proper maintenance of our immune systems
  - critically important organic compounds
* are crucial for biologic function and disease prevention
  - many bodily functions including a healthy immune response
  - dangerous if overdosed and can encourage bacterial growth
  - dietary supplements
  - effective against stress
  - either fat or water-soluble
* are essential and vital to good healthy
  - because our soil is depleted
  - components for specific biological cellular functions
* are essential for a healthy body and all plants contain several vitamins
  - egg fertility and chick growth
* are essential for health and growth of a living organism
  - survival
  - normal metabolism, growth and maintenance of health
  - the metabolic functions of all living things
  - in developing the child's immune system
  - nutrients that are required in the diet, usually in trace amounts
  - nutritional elements
  - requirements in many life-building processes
* are essential to and assist in proper body functions and regeneration
  - our nutritional needs
  - the normal functioning of our bodies
  - essentials for life
  - extraordinarily sensitive to heat
  - found in many foods, most potently in vegetables and fruits
  - great for growing puppies and adult dogs
  - groups of chemically related compounds
  - important, but minerals are the catalyst for everything in our bodies
  - inanimate objects
  - isolated, concentrated substances
  - less likely to cause nausea when taken with food
  - life's building blocks, medically required
  - located in suitcases
  - medicine
  - micronutrients essential to the human body
  - micronutrients, made from organic substances found in food
  - more susceptible than minerals, and amino acids are somewhere in between
  - most important, Especially The B vitamins
  - natural substances found in foods
* are necessary for normal body functioning
  - metabolic functioning of the body
* are necessary for the normal and healthy growth and development of both humans and animals
  - in life for growth and maintenance
  - nutrients that help keep the body alive and functioning properly
  - only useful if a patient is deficient in a certain vitamin
  - organic chemical compounds that occur naturally in certain foods
* are organic chemicals that are vital for normal body function
  - occur in many natural foods
* are organic compounds essential to the body
  - necessary in the diet for normal fish growth and health
  - that are synthesized for the most part only by plants and bacteria
  - which are required in very small amounts
  - food substances found only in living things
* are organic molecules required for metabolic reactions
  - in very small quantities
* are organic molecules that function as catalysts for reactions in the human body
  - occur in all living things naturally
  - molecules, as are the four major groups of macromolecules
  - substances essential in small amounts for good health
* are organic substances necessary for life and essential for the body to function normally
  - normal body metabolism, growth, and development
  - present in small amounts in many foods
* are organic substances that act as catalysts in the metabolic processes of the body
  - are essential to the functioning of the human body
  - function as chemical regulators
  - which help regulate bodily functions
* are part of important processes throughout the body
  - our enzymes
  - the body tissues including the bones
  - pills
  - powerful catalysts, essential to good health, needed ordinarily in mi- nute quantities
* are present in a very small quantities in food
  - raw foods because they are created in plant life from sunlight and water
* are relatively inexpensive and have little side effects
  - low in quantity
  - simply organic molecules like sugar, and like sugar can be added to foods
  - subject to rapid degradation in high temperatures during the cooking process
* are substances that are required in very small amounts for specific metabolic tasks
  - the body requires for good health and development
* are substances used by living cells to aid enzyme reactions
  - the body for growth
* are the little alarm clocks of the body
  - source of health
  - trace elements
* are very important for primates
  - to the developing fetus
  - important, to replenish the well worked system
* are vital components of nutrition, in proper amounts
  - for our metabolism processes, protein building and energy
* assist enzymes that release energy from carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
* can affect some medications and health conditions.
* can be in pill or liquid form
  - very important to the function and health of kidneys
  - become toxic in high doses
  - cause a negative interaction with some drugs
  - lose their potency over time
  - provide extra energy and stimulate appetite
* cause cancer.
* come faster and faster.
* come in a variety of forms, some natural and some are synthetic
  - two types, both which are essential to the body
* contribute as co-factors in energy production.
* cross the blood-brain barrier but reach different areas with different efficiencies.
* drops in water.
* enriched, it contains extra fat and protein for good fry growth.
* found in animal foods, it is fat soluble so stays in the system and can accumulate.
* frequently have antioxidant properties, and minerals are part of antioxidant enzymes.
* function as catalysts in chemical reactions in the body
  - coenzymes which regulate the work of the enzymes
* furnish additional lubrication and grease to allow efficient functioning.
* generally function as coenzymes.
* grow bacteria rapidly in water, which can be hazardous to a bird's health.
  - breakdown nutrients that are energy-yielding
  - take stress from life
  - the body turn food into energy and tissues
* help the enzymes in our bodies carry out very important metabolic steps
  - body carry out important metabolic steps
* hold an important place in our nutritional awareness.
* is an organic compound required by an organism as a vital nutrient in limited amounts
  - considered the most important anti-oxidant and free radical scavenger
* keep arteries open.
* lose their potency in feed stored for more than a few weeks at or above room temperature
  - stale, aging feed
* need for good health
  - optimal growth
* occur in small amounts in many foods and are widely dispersed in our food supply.
* offer benefits
* offer many benefits
* often form the major part of coenzymes in the body
* originate chiefly from plant sources.
* perform an array of functions that affect a child's mental and physical health
  - many important functions for our pets
* play a critical role along with trace elements in maintaining the human immune system
  - role in the function of the retina
  - significant role in promoting wound healing
  - critical roles
  - key roles
  - major roles
  - many roles in good health, ranging from maintaining good vision to helping blood clot
* powerful antioxidant that can increase energy by neutralizing free radicals.
* probably play a role in the health of the retina.
  - no energy although they are needed for various metabolic reactions
  - protection against environmental damage, and leave the skin soft and hydrated
* regulate our metabolism through enzyme systems
  - reactions that occur in metabolism
* serve a wide variety of functions
  - as coenzymes or cofactors in enzymatic reactions
  - primarily as coenzymes or parts of coenzymes
* share with hormones the advertising spotlight in patent-medicine advertising.
* slow the aging process and prevent the occurrence of heart diseases.
* stands for vital-amines.
* tend to work together with other nutrients.
* work as a lightener and brightener and stimulate collagen production
  - best when taken with food
+ Nutrient, Substances that support metabolism: Ecology
  * Vitamins are organic compounds essential to the body. They usually act as coenzymes or cofactors for various proteins in the body.