Deficiencies
Someone with a deficiency in this vitamin may experience issues with blood clotting as it is essential for coagulation.
What is Vitamin K?
What is Vitamin A?
This vitamin acts as an anticoagulant and is also a powerful antioxidant.
What is Vitamin E?
This vitamin is synthesized by bacteria in your gut.
What is Vitamin K?
Underconsumption of Vitamin D in children may result in this disease which causes bowed legs due to the bones being inadequately mineralized with calcium and phosphorus.
What is rickets?
Too much of this vitamin may result in bright yellow colored urine.
What is riboflavin?
This vitamin acts as a hormone by regulating the minerals calcium and phosphorus which helps maintain and build strong bones.
What is Vitamin D?
This vitamin is often referred to as the "sunshine vitamin" due to the body's ability to synthesize the vitamin using UV rays from the sun.
Chronic alcohol use disorder can result in the body's ability to absorb Thiamin resulting in this progressively damaging brain disorder.
What is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?
Because this vitamin helps to inhibit clot formations, overconsumption could result in an increased risk of hemorrage.
What is Vitamin E?
This vitamin is sometimes prescribed in high doses as a cholesterol medication as it contributes to reducing LDL cholesterol and raising HDL cholesterol.
What is Niacin?
This vitamin is abundant in milk but it is light sensitive which is why milk is often found in opaque containers to preserve it.
What is riboflavin?
Underconsumption of Niacin can result in this disease characterized by the 4 D's: dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death.
This vitamin is often thought to prevent colds resulting in possible overconsumption which can lead to nausea, stomach cramps, or diarrhea.
What is Vitamin C?
This vitamin acts as a coenzyme helping over 100 other enzymes that are vital for protein metabolism.
What is Vitamin B6?
This vitamin is significantly more bioavailable in its synthetic form rather than its natural state.
What is folate?
A deficiency in folate in pregnant females can result in this neural tube defect in which the spinal cord of the baby is malformed or lacks a protective membrane.
What is spina bifida?
Too much of this vitamin can cause nerve damage and loss of control of bodily movements.
What is Vitamin B6?
This vitamin is used to make DNA and certain amino acids.
What is Vitamin B12?
A lack of intrinsic factor in the stomach would prevent the body's ability to absord this vitmamin.
What is Vitamin B12?