CHEM 181 Lecture 2: Unit 1 Topic 2.pdf

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Vitamins create a billion dollar business ! Vitamins are used as marketing tools ! 8 essential vitamins present or vitamin water ! Some cases where vitamins companies are over pricing vitamins ! The large majority of vitamins are added to food as supplements ! Ex. milk and juice are forti ed with vitamins ! Vitamin c - ascorbic acid is the scienti c name ! !- vitamins are nutrients needed in a small amount to prevent de ciency diseases ! A balanced diet contains all the vitamins in the required amounts ! B1, b2, b3, b5, b6, b7, b9, b12, c! No continuation when it comes to naming because some vitamins which we though were vitamins were not actually and they were removed (ie gap between b9 and b12) ! Sailors went to sea for long periods of time, disease would develop ! Scurvy; gums bleed, blotchy skin, legs became swollen !