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anaisleblanc
anaisleblanc
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Vitamins are classified based on what criterion?

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Posted by anaisleblanc on Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 10:25 AM and tagged with classifications, science, vitamins.

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  1. giorgiana1976
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    Solubility criterion is the classification starting point, vitamins being water soluble (B range and C) and fat soluble (A,D,E,K).

    Water soluble vitamins enter in co-enzymes structure. These vitamins are lost very easily during the culinary process (boiling and cleaning). They could be lost during repeated plentiful perspiration. They could be easily absorbed with the help of hydrochloric acid. Unlike the fat-soluble vitamins, water soluble ones couldn't be deposited in the human body.

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    Posted by giorgiana1976 on Wednesday February 25, 2009 at 1:18 PM