What You Should Know About Vitamins A, B, C, D, E, K

If you can't quite seem to get the healthy balance in your meals on a day-to-day basis, vitamins can offer you that balance. Read about six vitamins essential for your health.

1. Vitamin A: This vitamin is abundantly found in green leafy vegetables, dairy products, and egg yolks. The purpose of this vitamin is to boost your immune system, much like vitamin C, and to improve eye health in general along with an increase in skin health. Furthermore; if you are not-so-healthy in the dental department of things, this vitamin can be essential in getting you back on the track to those pearly whites we all desire.
2. Vitamin B: Although vitamin B includes many sub-categories such as B1 or B3, there are some general positives to this vitamin. First, the B vitamins generally aid in skin health and the production of new red blood cells. This is essential to keep healthy, lively, and active. Most common vitamin B sources include fish, pork, dairy and leafy green vegetables.
3. Vitamin C: This vitamin is strongly associated with the human immune system. You all have seen those orange juice commercials giving their spiel about drinking plenty of citrus to boost your immune system when you are sick; or healthy even. Vitamin C is most commonly found in citrus fruits and peppers. It is often associated with a sour and sometimes even acidic taste. This vitamin is essential when the flu season rolls on into your vicinity.
4. Vitamin D: This vitamin is the athlete's best friend. It strengthens teeth and bone structure and is essential when it comes to preventing injury. A person who has a low diet of fish and milk may have a low count of vitamin D. This can lead to severe injuries.
5. Vitamin E: This vitamin is essential for the health of your cells. It aids in the construction of your cells membranes, or outer walls, and allows them to live long and healthy microscopic lives. This can be found in foods such as shrimp, tofu, and soy beans.
6. Vitamin K: Last but certainly not the least; this vitamin is not only essential for you, but it can be fatal without its presence. It is the vitamin which gives your blood the ability to clot upon cut or wound. Without blood clot you would bleed out from every little cut and possibly even parish without some sort of pressure on the wound. This vitamin can be found in green, leafy vegetables and asparagus.

It is definitely unnecessary to purchase all these vitamins and consume them daily; they should never take priority over a full, hearty meal. Most people can successfully intake their daily recommendations of these vitamins by just naturally eating. So don't fret too much over buying all these, but rather see where you are lacking in the vitamin department and purchase what fits you best.

About the author: Tim Frisch is a guest blogger who writes quite regularly for PSCLife.com - a retail website dedicated to bringing health and nutritional products to the world.

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