Fat vs. Water-Soluble Vitamins
There are 13 vitamins known to be essential for the human body: Vitamins A,D,E,K,C and 8 B vitamins!
Each vitamin has a different function but they are equally important! Some of them help you fight infections ๐ฆ by arming up your immune system, others keep your nerves healthy and some are responsible for clotting your blood so if you get a cut๐ฉธyou donโt continue to bleed forever! Needless to say, we need these vitamins to keep our bodies functioning optimally.ย
FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS (A,D,E,K)
Fat soluble vitamins dissolve in fat.
So for optimal absorption, itโs best to take these with a fat source like avocado๐ฅ if youโre taking it in a capsule form or you can take it in a carrier oil. These types of vitamins often are available in “drops” for this reason. However, it’s important to note that because these vitamins are fat soluble, they are also ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ when taken in excess. Your body doesnโt like to waste anything so if you give it a little extra, itโll save it for later. Now, this can cause problems if you are self-prescribing high-doses of vitamins A,D,E or Kโ ๏ธ โ๏ธ . Because we store these in our body, ๐ถ๐โ๐ MUCH ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ than if we were taking water soluble vitamins, so always make sure to talk to your doctor about which vitamins you should be taking, how much and for how long. ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ โ๏ธ
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Nutraceutical = vitamin or supplement that is NOT a pharmaceutical drug
WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS ( B + C)
Water soluble vitamins dissolve in water! ๐ฆ
This means that if we take too much, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ. In this case, your body takes what it needs and sends the rest to the kidneys to be filtered out in your urine. How much you need varies from person to person and by situation. Maybe youโre feeling sick ๐ค and are needing a little extra? If so, itโs best to ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ so you can supply your body as needed. Otherwise, if you take one very large dose per day, then you will likely just be making expensive pee.ย
I hope you found this post helpful, I try to keep it short and sweet so it doesn’t get too overwhelming but please feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions for me!
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