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What is the diffenece between water-soluble vitamins and fat-soluble vitamins?
water-soluble vitamins are needed everyday cauze' it is not stored in the body. fat-soluble vitamins like vit.A , vit. D , vit. E , vit. K are not needed everyday cauze' it's stored in the body
Which vitamin is actually a group of vitamins?
B-vitamins
Is calcitonin water soluble?
yes..but Other thyroid Hormones like T4, T3 are fat-soluble unlike calcitonin..
Are fat-soluble vitamins less likely to be toxic than water-soluble vitamins?
yes
What is a fat-soluble vitamin?
Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed through the intestinal tract with the help of lipids (fats). Because they are more likely to accumulate in the body, they are more likely to lead to overdose diseases than are water-soluble vitamins.
Why can the progesterone-like hormones of birth control pills be taken orally while hormones like insulin must be injected?
Insulin is protein soluble and would be unable to cross the wall of the gastrointestinal tract without being broken down and the hormones in birth control pills are lipid soluble are correct.
Why does your urine smell like the vitamins you are using?
Any excess vitamins that your body hasn't absorbed but that are water soluble leave your body in your urine.
How do water soluble vitamins differ from fat-soluble vitamins?
Solubility refers to the ability of a substance to dissolve in a particular solvent. Most vitamins are soluble in either water or fats. fats soluble vitamins cannot be dissolved in water and require mixture with oils or fats in order to be used by the body.
What vitamins in particular?
Vitamins in particular come in two particular varieties. They can be water soluble; B and C. Or they can be insoluble like A,D,E, and K.
What do your bodies do if you have an excess of fat-soluble vitamins?
Body has got very large reservoir of fat, in which very large quantity of fat soluble Vitamins can be stored. Body has no mechanism to excrete these fat soluble vitamins as fat does not come in contact with any excretory organ like a pair of kidneys. It is stored in fat cells. If you give excess of water soluble vitamins, then they will be excreted by pair of Kidneys. Pair of kidney filters out about 180 litres of fluid/ day and through this excrete water soluble vitamins. Now it is easy to understand that why water soluble vitamins are not stored in body.
Does fat absorb Vitamin B-Complex?
Fat does not absorb Vitamin B-Complex as they are water soluble Vitamins. Fat absorb and can store enormous quantity of Fat soluble Vitamins like Vitamin A Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K.
Why is your urine bright yellow after taking b complex vitamins?
The B2 (riboflavin) is what makes pee yellow. Since B vitamins are not stored in the body (water soluble) any extra is lost in your urine. The bright yellow would happen to anybody taking the same vitamins.
