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Does Your Body Need Vitamin
Supplements?
Functions of vitamins in human body
Vitamins
promote normal growth, provide proper metabolism, ensure and protect
against certain diseases. Vitamins are required by the body in small
amounts for metabolism, to protect health, and for proper growth in
children. Vitamins assist in the formation of hormones, blood
cells, nervous-system chemicals, and genetic material. Vitamins
mainly serve as catalyst reactions in the body. Combine with proteins
to create metabolically active enzymes that in turn produce hundreds of
important chemical reactions throughout the body. The fundamentals of
cells depend greatly upon vitamins. Vitamins are responsible for
keeping cells strong, binding tissues, fighting infections.
Without vitamins our cells would not function properly, thus our organs
would suffer, and eventually we would no longer be able to
survive. Vitamins help regulate metabolism, help convert fat and
carbohydrates into energy, and assist in forming bone and tissue.
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