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Vitamin C begins with scurvy, which afflicted Europe for four hundred years and killed millions. The reasons that a disease whose cure was known from the outset persisted over that time are at once baffling and familiar, and these trials eventually lead to invention of the science of epidemiology. Author Stephen M. Sagar MD then chronicles the discovery of vitamins at the beginning of the twentieth century, a story that encapsulates the rise of a scientific approach to nutrition but with surprising twists and turns.

The B vitamins are a group of vitamins that play a crucial role in a dog's health. Thiamine helps regulate energy and carbohydrate metabolism, while riboflavin, B12, and niacin facilitate enzyme function.Vitamin B6 is especially important for glucose generation, red blood cell and nervous system function, hormone regulation, immune response, niacin synthesis, and gene activation.Pantothenic acid aids in energy metabolism, and folic acid is involved in amino acid and nucleotide metabolism and mitochondrial protein synthesis...Discover more in this podcast...

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Recently, some doubts have been expressed as to the notion of taking antioxidant vitamin supplements. Also, some recent studies have shone more light upon the Free Radical Theory of Aging and whether or not free radicals are a good or bad thing. This essay examines the effects of so-called antioxidant vitamins, and whether these supplements are beneficial or potentially harmful.