http://fitness-n-health.net/content/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-difference-between-vitamins-and-minerals-3878.html Building A Body You Can Be Proud Of! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:42:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://fitness-n-health.net/content/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-difference-between-vitamins-and-minerals-3878.html/comment-page-1#comment-1169 Being Black Is Beautiful Sat, 16 May 2009 03:23:45 +0000 http://fitness-n-health.net/2009/05/15/what-is-the-difference-between-vitamins-and-minerals/#comment-1169 Getting to your main question, vitamins and minerals are different. Vitamins ("vita" = life and "amine" = containing nitrogen) are organic (containing carbon, which is an element found in all living things) compounds (containing atoms of one or more different elements). Minerals are pure inorganic elements (containing atoms of the same element), meaning they are much simpler in chemical form than vitamins. All vitamins are essential or required by our bodies, whereas only some minerals are essential nutrients. Vitamins are vulnerable to heat, light, and chemical agents, so cooking, food preparation, processing, and storage must be appropriate to preserve vitamins in food. Minerals, on the other hand, are more stable to food preparation, but mineral loss can occur when they are bound to other substances in foods (such as oxalates found in spinach and tea, and phytates found in legumes and grains), making them unavailable for the body to utilize. Getting to your main question, vitamins and minerals are different. Vitamins (“vita” = life and “amine” = containing nitrogen) are organic (containing carbon, which is an element found in all living things) compounds (containing atoms of one or more different elements). Minerals are pure inorganic elements (containing atoms of the same element), meaning they are much simpler in chemical form than vitamins. All vitamins are essential or required by our bodies, whereas only some minerals are essential nutrients. Vitamins are vulnerable to heat, light, and chemical agents, so cooking, food preparation, processing, and storage must be appropriate to preserve vitamins in food. Minerals, on the other hand, are more stable to food preparation, but mineral loss can occur when they are bound to other substances in foods (such as oxalates found in spinach and tea, and phytates found in legumes and grains), making them unavailable for the body to utilize.

]]> http://fitness-n-health.net/content/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-difference-between-vitamins-and-minerals-3878.html/comment-page-1#comment-1170 Veg Chick Sat, 16 May 2009 03:23:45 +0000 http://fitness-n-health.net/2009/05/15/what-is-the-difference-between-vitamins-and-minerals/#comment-1170 Is this like, a homework assignment or something??? The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. The water-soluble vitamins are C and the B-complex vitamins such as vitamins B6, B12, niacin, riboflavin, and folate. Minerals like chromium, copper, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc are trace minerals. Oil is obviously heavier than water....and i think sunshine vitamin is vitamin C...I think...thats all I could come up with at the top of my head.... Is this like, a homework assignment or something??? The fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E, and K. The water-soluble vitamins are C and the B-complex vitamins such as vitamins B6, B12, niacin, riboflavin, and folate. Minerals like chromium, copper, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc are trace minerals. Oil is obviously heavier than water….and i think sunshine vitamin is vitamin C…I think…thats all I could come up with at the top of my head….

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