Vitamins

Vitamins participate in many biochemical reactions. They are, therefore, essential to basic life processes such as the conversation of food to energy, tissue growth and repair, and resistance of diseases. They must be present in the body in their proper proportions to enable it to function correctly. The absence of lack of the different vitamins will prevent the body from performing its normal/regular function . . . to maintain life.

Vitamins are classified into groups, fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins.