Fat and Water-Soluble Vitamins In this paper I will be identifying the types of vitamin classification such as fat-soluble and water-soluble. There are certain vitamins in each group vitamin A, D, E and K are fat-soluble and vitamin B and C are water-soluble. Within these to groups there are types of foods high in nutrient that you want to obtain to get or keep a healthy body. There is also harm that can be caused if to much fat-soluble or water-Soluble vitamins are taken. You also want to make sure that you are not deficient in meeting the necessary vitamins your body needs to be healthy. It is very important to get the right kind of vitamins in the right dosage to keep your body safe and healthy.

Vitamins are classified into two groups fat soluble or water soluble. The vitamins in the fat-soluble group are vitamins such as vitamin A, D, E and K. Vitamins that are water soluble are vitamin B and C. These two types of vitamin groups are very different because of how the vitamins act inside are bodies. Fat-soluble vitamins are absorb into the fat globules and then travel through the lymphatic system in are small intestines and then goes into are blood circulation in the body. Then vitamin A and E get stored in are blood tissue and stays there. So if you intake to much of a fat-soluble vitamin you can have to much vitamins building up and staying in the body which can be harmful and cause problems like hypervitaminosis which literally means to much vitamins in the body.

Why do we need vitamins in are daily diet? Because the are necessary to a healthy diet. They are essential nutrients because are bodies do not make enough of them or don’t make them at all. They

3 make are bodies functions like cell growth, blood cell production, hormone and enzyme synthesis, energy metabolism, and the functioning of body