Properties and Specificities of Vitamins
Frequent consumption of foods rich in vitamins encourages a healthier, happier life. A healthy balanced diet ensures the input of these elements.
Centuries ago, an English sailor who had to make a long journey, saved his crew from scurvy by providing lemon juice. Since then realized that there in the tissues of animals and plants certain substances that are essential to maintain health.
Discovery of vitamins
A Dutchman named Eijkman researcher discovered that beri beri or scurvy was similar to the state of paralysis suffered by the poultry birds when subjected to a strict diet of husked rice. Eijkman cured the chicken rice giving your skin. Continue reading