What is the difference between a vitamin and a mineral?

Answer 1

From a nutritional perspective, only the complexity of the molecule. Nutritionally essential minerals are all elements, something you'd find on a Periodic Table- iron, zinc, copper, calcium and so on. Vitamins are complex, organic (carbon containing) chemical compounds. Both are essential to good health.

Vitamins are substances that occur naturally in certain food like vitamin C in citrus fruits. Minerals are solid inorganic substances with chemical composition like Calcium in milk.
Difference from source perspective. Vitamins are synthesized in the human body and some are synthesized in plants and animals and obtained through diet.

The natural and ultimate source of minerals is the soil and water. From soil, it is fixed in plants and gets transferred to animals including humans.

Answer 2

• mineral - produced by inorganic processes, some are useful to life, some are irrelevant to life, some are harmful to life
• vitamin - produced by organic processes and identified by the symptoms produced if not enough is present in the diet (deficiency disorders)

Answer 3

A vitamin is a single specific vitamin, such as vitamin A, B-3, B-6, B-12, C, D, E, or K. A multivitamin contains a combination of several vitamins and mineral, and is a more balanced way of supplementing your diet.

Answer 4

Vitamins and minerals are considered different.

Answer 5

vitimins and mierals help your body to do many things help bones and you grow stronger.

Answer 6

No!