This is Part 2 of our vitamin series, and we begin with the very first letter of the alphabet — vitamin A. It was the first vitamin ever to be

Now we begin looking at the B vitamins one by one, starting with the very first: vitamin B1, better known as thiamine. It holds a special place in history, because

We arrive now at the last of the eight B vitamins, and one of the most remarkable: vitamin B12, also called cobalamin. It stands apart from the rest of the

Continuing through the B family, we come to vitamin B2, known as riboflavin. Like the other B vitamins, it plays a key part in releasing energy from food — but

Our journey through the B vitamins reaches vitamin B3, called niacin — one of the hardest-working vitamins in the entire body. It takes part in hundreds of chemical reactions, more

Next in our tour of the B vitamins is vitamin B6, also called pyridoxine. If thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin are mainly about energy, B6 is the one most closely tied

Having finished the B vitamins, we now meet the most famous vitamin of all: vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid. Almost everyone reaches for it at the first sign

Now we move into the fat-soluble vitamins, and we begin with one that is unlike any other: vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin.” What makes it special is that your body

We close this series where the whole subject of vitamins began historically — with deficiency. It was by studying the diseases caused by missing vitamins that scientists discovered them in

The second of the fat-soluble vitamins is vitamin E, the body’s great protector of fats. While vitamin C guards the watery parts of the body, vitamin E works in the