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General Vitamin Information
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Where does the word vitamin come from?
In 1912, a Polish biochemist called Casimir Funk suggested that disease might be caused by a lack of something in the diet and cured by adding it. He thought this substance was necessary for life (vita) and contained nitrogen (amine) thus "vitamine." Later research showed that few of these substances contained nitrogen so the final "e" was dropped giving us the word vitamin.
Nicola Reavley, with a foreword by Stephen Holt, M.D.
The New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals Supplements, & Herbs.
New York: M. Evans and Company Inc., 1998. |
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