Water soluble vitamins are divide into 2 groups that is vitamin B and C. Water soluble vitamins seldom cause poisoning, because easily excreted by the kidneys. This water-soluble vitamins are stored only in small amounts it will soon disappear with the flow of food. When the body digest food vitamins are released into the bloodstream and flow to all parts of our body after water-soluble vitamin is flowing then he will be excreted through urine. And so on, and therefore the benefits of water-soluble vitamins are very important for the body.
Vitamin B Complex
Benefits of water soluble vitamins in the body that can be seen on the first B vitamin that has 8 different groups of vitamins also are Vitamin B1 or Thiamine, vitamin B2 or riboflavin, vitamin B3 or niacin, vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid, vitamin B7 or biotin, vitamin B6 or piri doksin, vitamin B12 or cobalamin, folate, and the last one is. To 8 kinds of features functions and benefits of each are collected into one, namely:
- Change the carbohydrates in food into energy
- Maintaining healthy eyes and skin
- Maintaining healthy skin, increase appetite and improve digestion
- Formation of red blood cells and makes vitamin D (from pro vitamin D to vitamin D)
- process amino acids and fats require this vitamin
- Assist in the breakdown of fats
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid)
This vitamin is a water soluble vitamin that has a benefit of water-soluble vitamins for the body as follows:
- Compounds that form collagen which is an important protein that is useful as a constituent of skin tissue, joints, bones, and tissues other backers
- Natural antioxidant compounds that can counteract the free radicals from environmental pollution around us
- Can reduce the rate of mutation in the body so that the risk degenerative diseases, such as cancer, can be derived
- Maintain the shape and structure of the various tissues in the body, such as muscle
- May be a bleeding wound closure time
- Provide more protection from infection with pathogenic microorganisms
