Benefits of Vitamins

What are the vitamins in fruits, vegetables and meat?

Vitamins in Fruits, Vegetables and Meat

Vitamin is an organic compound necessary for the human body to lead a balanced and healthy life style. Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions. There are 13 different vitamins that every human body needs and each vitamin plays a vital role to its proper growth and development. All these vitamins are available in different foods that we intake in our day-to-day life. This tutorial provides the health benefits, food sources and daily intake of each vitamins in detail. It also provides the causes and deficiency of these essential vitamins.

Vitamin Name	Daily Recommended Intake	Food Sources (Vegetarian)	Food Sources (Non Vegetarian)
Vitamin A	600 Âµg	Sweet Potato, Carrot, Mango, Mustard Greens, Squash More...	Tuna fish
Vitamin C	90.0 mg	Kiwi, Broccoli, Guavas, Yellow Bell Pepper, Strawberry More...	Beef Liver, Calf Liver Oyster, Pork Liver
Vitamin D	10 Âµg	Mushrooms, Cooked Egg Yolk	Cod Liver Oil, Fish, Flat Fish More...
Vitamin E	15.0 mg	Almonds, Sunflower seeds, Avocado, Olive oil, Broccoli More...	RockFish
Vitamin K	120 Âµg	Kale, Spinach, Collard greens, Mustard greens, Swiss Chard More...	Beef liver, Goose, Chicken Breast, Chicken Leg, Salmon Fish
Vitamin B1	1.4 mg	Milk, Nuts and Seeds, Whole Grain, Rice, Soy Bean More...	Pork, Tuna, Yellow Fin, Salmon, Mussels.
Vitamin B2	1.6 mg	Mushroom, Almonds, Sesame Oil, Yeast,Cheese More..	Beef, Pork, Oily Fish
Vitamin B3	18 mg	Mushrooms, Brown Rice, Peanuts,Green Peas, Sunflower seeds More...	Tuna, Chicken, Turkey, Pork, Liver
Vitamin B5	6 mg	Broccoli, Avocados, Mushroom, Cheese, Porridge More...	Oily fish, Beef, Turkey, Shrimp, Chicken
Vitamin B6	2 mg	Bananas, Spinach, Sunflower seeds, Carrots, Garlic More...	Chicken, Lean Pork, Salmon, Meat, Turkey
Vitamin B7	30.0 Âµg	Peanuts,Cheddar Cheese, Yeast, Whole Grains, Soy beans	Meat, Pork, Liver
Vitamin B9	400 Âµg	Asparagus, Broccoli, Beans, Cabbage, Cauliflower More...	Liver,
Vitamin B12	2.4 Âµg	Soy Products, Cereals, Cows Milk,	Shellfish, Sardines, Salmon, Tuna, COD

The above tabular column details the list of Vitamins and their Daily recommended Intake. You can also click on each food links to know the units of each vitamins present in it.

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