LET’S FIND OUT GOOD HEALTH WHAT ARE VITAMINS CORONA BREZINA Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
INTRODUCING VITAMINS Vitamins are nutrients that humans need to grow reproduce and be healthy They help to keep the systems of the body working properly Each vitamin has specific roles to play Many processes in the body require several vitamins Too much or too little of one vitamin can interfere with the function of another Scientists have identified thirteen vitamins that are essential for good health A C D E and K plus eight B vitamins Many vitamins have scientific names as Vitamins are very important for keeping people healthy Vitamins regulate many different functions of the body 4
A balanced diet of a variety of foods can provide the vitamins needed for good health Vocabulary Things that are essential are so important that they have to be included well as their letter names Most of these vitamins can be obtained through a healthy diet filled with a variety of foods including plenty of fruits and vegetables Two vitamins D and K are made in the human body Vitamins are needed in only small amounts but a lack of any essential vitamin can cause health problems 5
