I want the natural occurring vitamins from food sources that my body can recognize and use, not from a bottle shop. There are 13 vitamins that are essential to humans, and vitamins are divided into two categories, according to the way the body absorbs them. Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are absorbed with the help of fats in the diet and are stored in the fats of the body. Because your body can store these vitamins for a long time, unless your diet is chronically lacking one of these, it is unusual to have a deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins. The other vitamins: vitamin C, and the eight B-complex vitamins are water-soluble, meaning they do not need fat for absorption, yet most are not stored very long in the body. If there’s an excess of these water-soluble vitamins, either from food or from a supplement, they are flushed through the body rapidly and are eliminated quickly in the urine. That is why many vitamins from a bottle just become expensive urine.
Except for vitamin D, and a bit of vitamin K, your body cannot make vitamins. You must get them from foods. So, if your diet is deficient in one or more vitamins, your body will feel the effects of these missing essentials. Supplements are not necessary if we are buying foods that are nutrient dense and offer our bodies the powerful resources they need every day!
It’s best to get your vitamins from foods and not supplements, since one nutrient in a food may help another one be better absorbed. Except for vitamin A, it’s impossible to overdose on vitamins in food. Vitamin supplements are drugs, which like any drug have both benefits and risks. Taken in just the right amount, they can help the body; overdosing, like any drug, has side effects and may harm the body. If you and your family eat a balanced diet, you don’t need to worry that you or your children are getting enough vitamins. What is lacking in one food will be found in another. This is particularly true in fruits and vegetables. Many of the vitamins that are found in vegetables, which people may shun, are also found in fruits, which most people enjoy.
I attached a fabulous list put together by Dr. William Sears MD which lists all of the FOOD sources for all of the vitamins that our bodies need and all you need is a grocery store! Vitamin Chart
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