6 Answered Questions for the topic Vitamins

07/03/19

Why can't you just take a vitamin? Why you need a healthy diet on top of that?
From what I understand, your body needs certain amounts of vitamins and minerals to maintain health. Why can't we just take enough pills to obtain these vitamins and minerals?
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06/18/19

Why do Humans not produce Vitamin C like other mammals?
Why do most mammals produce their own Vitamin C? Why do Humans not?
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Vitamins Physiology Ecology

04/04/19

Why do Arctic predators accumulate vitamin A?
Top predators in the Arctic are known to accumulate vitamin A, often to levels that are toxic for human consumption. A 2012 study by Senoo, Imai, *et al.* found that the livers of several predator... more
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04/02/19

Is cancer caused by vitamin B17 deficiency?
I have read in an article on the internet that cancer is caused due to deficiency of vitamin B17 which has been removed from our diets long ago in the western food. But some people say that vitamin... more
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01/05/17

Is there a way to calculate yourself the content of vitamin B12 of a food?
I really need to know if it's possible to calculate the amount of B12 existent in different foods, is it possible to calculate it myself? I can't just research it on the internet. 
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Vitamins

10/29/14

What does it mean for a substance to be 20x more powerful than vitamin C? What exactly is being measured?
What does it mean for a substance to be 20x more powerful than vitamin C? What exactly is being measured?
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