Fat Soluble Vitamins

What major role do the fat soluble vitamins play? Fat soluble vitamins are essential to your health, and each one has its one very important function in the body.

Some of the very basics of what each vitamin affects are:

Vitamin A - Vitamin A is most commonly known to be involved with vision.

Vitamin D - Vitamin D, also obtained from the sun, is important for the proper absorption of calcium from food. Low levels of vitamin D and insufficient exposure to sunlight are associated with osteoporosis and is thought to help increase the risk of several autoimmune diseases.

Vitamin E - Vitamin E has eight different types of vitamin E, but the one that is most useful to humans is alpha-tocopherol (a-tocopherol). Good sources of vitamin E include: mustard greens, chard, sunflower seeds, and turnip greens. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin found in many foods, fats, and oils. It is also an antioxidant. Antioxidants are substances that destroy free radicals -- harmful compounds in the body that damage DNA (genetic material) and can even cause cell death.

Vitamin K - Vitamin K is plays an important role in blood clotting and bone metabolism.

Water Soluble Vitamins