Vitamins

What are Vitamins

Vitamins are organic compounds which are needed in small quantities to sustain life. We get vitamins from food, because the human body either does not produce enough of them, or none at all.

Vitamin wheel reference diagram to learn about the vitamin groups and common foods containing them.

An organic compound contains carbon. When an organism (living thing) cannot produce enough of an organic chemical compound that it needs in tiny amounts, and has to get it from food, it is called a vitamin.

Natural Sources of Vitamins

BCCA

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, the body breaks consumed protein into amino acids in the stomach and intestines.

Amino Acids are classified as
√ Essential, conditionally essential
√ Non-essential.

There are three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs): leucine, isoleucine, and valine. All three branched-chain amino acids are essential amino acids. Each has numerous benefits on various biological processes in the body. Unlike other amino acids, BCAAs are metabolised in the muscle and have an anabolic/anti-catabolic effect on it. BCAAs account for 33% of muscle protein.