What are vitamins and Minerals?

What are vitamins and Minerals?

Vitamins and minerals are found in foods, everybody needs vitamins and minerals to function, to grow and develop the body properly. Each vitamin and mineral plays a different role and are divided into two different categories, water soluble and fat soluble vitamins.

 Water soluble:

·         Water-soluble vitamins are not stored in your body therefore they need to be consumed more frequently.

·         You only need a certain amount of water-soluble vitamins; your body will just get rid of more than you need.

·         Water-soluble vitamins are commonly found in fruit and vegetables and sometimes grains.

·         However you need to be careful as water soluble vitamins can be lost by exposure to too much heat or air or when cooked in water.

Fat Soluble:

·         Fat soluble vitamins can be found in mainly fatty foods like animal fats, butter, lard, vegetable oil, dairy products, liver and oily fish.

·         These vitamins due to their high fat content shouldn’t be consumed as often as water soluble vitamins.

·         When not used immediately fat soluble vitamins are stored in your liver and fatty tissues for future use, eating too much of them can be harmful.