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Vitamin C is slowly becoming a popular active ingredient in many skincare products. Aside from being included in multivitamins and supplements, Vitamin C is also found to be very beneficial for the skin. For many years, Vitamin C has not…

Hippocrates once said, “We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.” And so from nature comes some of the most amazing remedies. When you eat an orange…

Vitamin B5 (also known as pantothenic acid) is part of the B-complex group of vitamins. The discovery of this vitamin is credited to R.J. Williams who made the initial discovery in 1919 and isolated it from yeast in 1933. The…

Vitamin B3 (also referred to as niacin) is a B-complex vitamin. It was discovered in 1937 by Conrad Elvenhjem who followed up on previous research into a dietary cure for the disease pellagra and managed to isolate B3 as the…

Vitamin B2 (also known as riboflavin) is part of the B-complex group of vitamins (a group of vitamins that were initially thought to be the singular vitamin B due to their similar roles in the body). It was discovered in…

The discovery of vitamin B1 is linked to the search for a cure to the nervous system disorder beriberi. A number of scientists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century noticed that certain foods could cure and prevent beriberi.…

Vitamin A was the first of the thirteen vitamins to be discovered. Its discovery has been credited to McCollum and Davis between 1912 and 1914. The main function of this vitamin is to promote healthy vision but it also does…

A vitamin is an organic compound that is generally required in small amounts as a nutrient is most organisms. These compounds are called vitamins when they are unable to be synthesized in a sufficient quantity by an organism, and therefore…

Vitamin B12 deficiency is a problem that arises as a result of lower levels of this vitamin, this problem is not so common in America – it is more linked to malnutrition. But it can also be caused by a…

We are more susceptible to colds and flu when the weather grows cold. Your grandmother would say that it is because you don’t wear your coat outside whereas some believe that vitamin C in larger doses during the winter months…