Publisher's Synopsis
Vitamins are organic compounds that are necessary for the normal course of a number of metabolic processes in the human body. The functions of vitamins also include the transformation of fats and carbohydrates into energy, the proper functioning of many enzymes (as so-called coenzymes, substances that help enzymes, as coenzymes are conveyors of electrons, atoms or chemical groups during biochemical reactions, which just rely on the exchange of these elements), complicity in the process of renewal of damaged tissues, the formation of hormones, antibodies, blood cells, the construction of genetic material, etc. Vitamins are not a source of energy and building material. The vast majority of vitamins can not be synthesized by our organisms, therefore they must be supplied with food. There are so-called provitamins, which after consumption may be processed by the human body into vitamins. There are also so-called Antivitamins (eg avidin in egg white) - chemical compounds similar to vitamins in terms of composition and construction, which can enter into combinations, through which vitamins fulfill their role in the body, but unable to perform this role.
