The vitamins was found in 1911 by Casmir Funk from Poland. Mr.Funk found vitamin on rice hulls while working on food laboratory. He proved that deficiency of vitamin causes several disease. Vitamins helps in metabolism, in increasing immunity power and it helps in producing hormones. Let’s find out the types of vitamin and their sources.
Vitamin ‘A’
Source: Egg, Butter, Milk , Meat , Green leafy Vegetables, Radish, Carrot, Chilly, Orange , Tomato, and Pumpkin.
Vitamin ‘B1’
Sources: Rice, Wheat, Peanut, Pulses, Egg, Meat, and Milk.
Vitamin ‘B2’
Sources: Milk, Yogurt, Liver, Kidney, Heart, Skin, and Soybean.
Vitamin ‘B3’
Sources: Liver, Meat, Fish, Peanut, Soybean, Fruits and Green vegetable.
Vitamin ‘C’
Sources: Lemon, Mango, Orange, Pineapple, Gauva, Tomato, Banana and green vegetables.
Vitamin ‘D’
Sources: Sun light, Fish oil , Butter and Milk.
Vitamin ‘E’
Sources: Soybean oil, Mustard oil, Peanut oil and Sun flower oil.
Vitamin ‘K’
Sources: Egg’s Albumin, Liver, Fish, Meat , Milk, Carrot and Soybean oil.
