[Infographic] Essential guide to essential vitamins & their food sources

January 10, 2013

There’s a reason certain vitamins and minerals are prefaced by the word “essential” — your body needs them to function properly, as this infographic from SelfMender.com illustrates.

And that doesn’t mean you need to be popping supplements left and right. You can get those key nutrients from eating the right foods. This infographic maps out each vitamin’s functions, as well as the foods you can eat to benefit from those vitamins.

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DaveS
January 14th, 2013 at 10:21 am

In order for a vitamin to acquire that status, it must be shown, via research, to be essential. Thus, all vitamins are essential nutrients. Hence “essential vitamin” is redundant, as is “wet water”. The term “essential mineral” is OK because not all minerals are essential.

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