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vitamin

[vahy-tuh-min, vit-uh-min] / ˈvaɪ tə mɪn, ˈvɪt ə mɪn /
NOUN
nutrient
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People who avoid dairy should make sure they get enough calcium and vitamin D from other foods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

If you’re at risk for osteoporosis or bone issues, you can also opt to take calcium and vitamin D supplements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The liver converts it into 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the form doctors commonly measure in blood tests to estimate a person's vitamin D status.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“It’s a vitamin bomb. So if you need to eat some liver or heart, that’s what you have to do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“A, B, C, vitamin D,” he repeated to himself, as though the words were a spell that would restore the dead past to life.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Nuclear receptors respond to substances such as hormones, vitamins, and lipids, then influence cell behavior by switching genes "on" and "off."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"There is little difference nutritionally between canned and fresh food in terms of macronutrients, like carbohydrates, protein, fats, and fibre, as well as fat-soluble vitamins, like vitamin A and E, and minerals," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In 1912 the Polish biochemist Casimir Funk proposed that illnesses such as scurvy were caused by the absence of specific chemicals in the diet, launching a race to synthesize vitamins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

By engineering yeast, scientists have developed a system that can transform compounds from plastic and agricultural waste into edible proteins, vitamins, flavorings, and other food ingredients.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

It frightened me a bit, and I wondered if I shouldn’t hike to the library and reread the material on vitamins.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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