difference between fat soluble vitamins and water soluble ones in terms of their absorption and excretion.?
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Vitamins A, D, and E are lipids.  They are stored in your body fat and released on an "as needed" basis.  The B complex and C vitamins are water soluble and therefore need to be replenished on a daily basis.  All vitamins are used as your body requires so adsorption is independent of intake.
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You have it right. Your body needs some water to help digest your food. For one thing, the food we eat has vitamins and minerals. Some of those are water soluable and need some watery substance to digest them properly. Especially if you are taking a multi vitamin with food.
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most vitamins are not dissolved in water.\nSince Vitamins C can be dissolved by water, you can take a lot.\nNo, is not unlimited.\nEverything you can have TOO MUCH.\n\nToo much water can kill you, because it lower the Na and K in you blood too much and your heart will stop.\n4 to 5 gallons of water within 2 days in too much.\n\nMost vitamins, such as A,B,D,E, etc. is not dissloved by water ,but by oil.  So they get stuck in your body longer.  So is easier to have too much of these vitamins.\n\nDont over do anything, it is a simple rule to live by.
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General good health and hydration will maintain good eyesight. Beta Carotene and Retinol Acetate are good vitamins and they are both different forms of vitamin A. Be careful. Vitamin A is fat soluble and is toxic in large doses and is stored in the tissues, so don't exceed the recommended daily dose. Anti-oxidants are good too, like vitamins C and E. Jules, Australia
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I have heard the best multivitamins are the liquid kind. They digest more fully and you can absorb them easier. Also look for one with colloidal minerals which we do not get enough of from most of the foods we eat because of the leaching of the soil and chemical pesticides used on produce. I started taking them and noticed a diference almost imediately.
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there really isnt a side effect of intaking too much vitamin ..your body can only absorb and process so much of it and then you excreet the rest in your urine...so you just waste it...they say the bodies max is 140 milligrams per day
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Vitamin is considered as a different subgroup of biochemical substances, with totally different chemical structure from carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
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Vitamins are better absorbed by supplement's. the problem is that the body gets used to the supplements and stops looking for nutrients in food.
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Depends if you are deficient in vitamins. They are absolutely useless to you if you are not deficient. All you are doing is flushing money down the toilet. You see the body will only absorb what it requires and it will do that primarily from foods over synthetic vitamins. If you are wanting to take a supplement that is food based for your vitamin and mineral needs on a daily basis then check this out http://www.juiceplus.com.au/+ch006157 this is good stuff.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nCraig - Naturopath.\n\nHope this help
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with food.\nUnless vitamins are taken with food, they won't bind to anything & you'll simply pee them right out. Be a waste of your money.
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The term vitamin comes from vital amine, which means that yor body needs them . If youare getting a varied diet, you probably do not need to take vitamin pills. Vitamins A,D,E, and K are fat soluble. You can get an overdose with too many vitamin pills. The others are water soluble and you can not overdose. What is important is to get the right number of servings of fruits and vegetables, milk products and meat or meat substitutes to be sure you have the needed vitamins. % servings a day for tose fruits and vegetables. 4 servings of grains, 2 meat and 4 milk.
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its important in just about every body and cell health aspect you can think of, though ascorbic acid isn't really 'true' vit c in the respect that the body ignores it after a few days, better is the patented form Ester-C or the'food state' type
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no,  i don't think so.  vitamin C is water soluble, basically that  means  you pee  out the excess  nutrients. Fat soluble vitamins can become  toxic because your  body stores them  in your  tissues  and can retain toxic levels.
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vitamin D sunlight\nSOme forms of calcium are easier to absorb than others.  A good source is to cook a turky carcass in a pot, add five tablespoons vinegar and it pulls the calcium out of the bones.\nMany times the pills are either hard to digest or are not as good as getting it from several sources, like green leafies, and so on.  Lots of high fat foods that contain calcium are not wise.  TOo much info?
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Carbohydrates, Fats, Vitamins, Proteins, Minerals, Water
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I'm going to asume that those viatmins aren't polar, which explains why they dissolve in fats, which are also non-polar.  Likes dissolve in likes.  Polarrity has to to with the electrons being drawn to one side of a molecule, causing a slight charge on each side.  Water is polar, and will pull apart other polar molecules, but non-polar vitamins A, D, and E won't disolve in water, but instead in fats and oils.
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Fat is one of the three main classes of food. It has many meanings, and the only good description is in technical terms. There are triglycerides, fatty acids, sterols, but "fat" may also refer to adipose tissue.\n\nThe main constituents of both animal fat and vegetable oils are triglycerides, that is glycerin molecules with three fatty acids attached. Nutritional fat is a mixture of many types of triglycerides, which differ in the length of their fatty acid chains, as well as the number and position of single and double bonds between their carbon atoms. Fat molecules contain only oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon atoms.\n\nVitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble meaning they can only be digested, absorbed, and transported in conjunction with fats. Fats are sources of essential fatty acids, an important dietary requirement.\n\nFats play a vital role in maintaining healthy skin and hair, insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. They also serve as energy stores for the body. In food, there are two types of fats: saturated and unsaturated. Saturated fat is a sort of a straight chain of carbon connected or bonded with 2 molecules of hydrogen. At the very beginning of this chain is a molecule of oxygen and a molecule of hydroxide. Unsaturated fat is the same thing with one major exception; some of those carbon atoms are not bonded with two hydrogen atoms so it becomes a very "fluid" state. Fats are broken down in the body to release glycerol and free fatty acids. The glycerol can be converted to glucose by the liver and thus used as a source of energy. The fatty acids are a good source of energy for many tissues, especially heart and skeletal muscle.\n\nAdipose tissue\n \nAdipose, or fatty tissue is the human body's means of storing metabolic energy over extended periods of time. Depending on current physiological conditions, adipocytes store fat derived from the diet and liver metabolism or degrades stored fat to supply fatty acids and glycerol to the circulation. These metabolic activities are regulated by several hormones (i.e., insulin, glucagon and epinephrine). The location of the tissue determines its metabolic profile: "Visceral fat" (around the abdomen) is prone to lead to insulin resistance, while "peripheral fat" (around the limbs) is much more harmless.\n\nMetabolism\n \nThe metabolism of lipids is a closely regulated system in virtually all lifeforms. It is affected by a variety of enzymes and, in higher organisms, regulated by hormones. Research is ongoing on the relative influence of various hormonal regulators on the anabolism (production) and catabolism (breakdown, also termed lipolysis) of fatty molecules.\n\nA subject of particularly close study is cholesterol, levels and types of which are influenced by the fatty acid metabolism and is known for its role in development of nerve cells atherosclerosis. Thus the suggesting that fat people are more sensitive to pain, particulairly in their abdominal region.\n\nAdipose tissue in detail. \n\nAdipose tissue is an anatomical term for loose connective tissue composed of adipocytes. Its main role is to store energy in the form of fat, although it also cushions and insulates the body. It has an important endocrine function in producing recently-discovered hormones such as leptin, resistin and TNFα.\n\nAnatomical features\n\nAdipose tissue is primarily located beneath the skin, but is also found around internal organs. In the skin, it accumulates in the deepest level, the subcutaneous layer, providing insulation from heat and cold. Around organs, it provides protective padding. It also functions as a reserve of nutrients.\n\nIn a severely obese person, excess adipose tissue hanging downward from the abdomen is referred to as a panniculus (or pannus). A panniculus complicates surgery of the morbidly obese, and may remain as a literal "apron of skin" if a severely