You may be wondering why a post about vitamins would have an image of fruits and vegetables, the reason I did that is because there are several ways you can ingest vitamins, however I always prefer to use natural and organic sources as opposed to the pill form.  If you eat a balanced diet, you will receive almost 100% of all the daily nutrients needed to stay healthy and fit.  However if you do take vitamins in pill form, make sure you are taking them from organic sources.  Scientifically manufactured vitamins typically are not even digested by the body, and makes the entire process a waste of time and money.

Vitamins are a class of carbon containing substances that primarily regulate physiological processes in the body: vision, red blood cell formation, metabolism of carbohydrate, fat and protein ,as well as maintenance of skin and blood clotting.

Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions, including function as hormones (e.g. vitamin D), antioxidants (e.g. vitamin E), and mediators of cell signaling and regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation (e.g. vitamin A). The largest number of vitamins (e.g. B complex vitamins) function as precursors for enzyme cofactor bio-molecules (coenzymes), that help act as catalysts and substrates in metabolism. When acting as part of a catalyst, vitamins are bound to enzymes and are called prosthetic groups. For example, biotin is part of enzymes involved in making fatty acids. Vitamins also act as coenzymes to carry chemical groups between enzymes. For example, folic acid carries various forms of carbon group – methyl, formyl and methylene - in the cell. Although these roles in assisting enzyme reactions are vitamins’ best-known function, the other vitamin functions are equally important.[1]

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