Vitamin

The vitamins in the B family are all closely related. You could think of them as eight siblings and four cousins. We’ll discuss all the siblings in later chapters, but for now, here are the main branches of the family tree:

Thiamin, or Vitamin B1. You need thiamin to keep all your body’s cells, but especially […]

Generally speaking, a real Vitamin A deficiency is rare in the Western world, because so many common foods, including milk and breakfast cereals, are fortified with it.  Almost everyone gets the RDA or pretty close to it, but some people are at high risk of a Vitamin A deficiency. If you fall into any of […]

Now that you know why you need Vitamin A, we’re going to confuse you by explaining why you need carotenes even more. Bear with us as we journey back into vitamin history again to explain why.
After Vitamin A was first discovered, researchers believed that the only way to get your A’s was by eating animal […]