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A vitamin is a chemical substance that’s required for a selected chemical reaction to occur in the body, but isn’t synthesized by the body, and therefore must be included in the diet. The nutritional prerequisites for standard function are generally relatively small. Most vitamins that are known today were discovered because their deficiency causes familiar sicknesses. Examples are scurvy, caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, which at last galvanized British sailors to carry limes onboard ship, and beriberi, due to a deficiency of thiamin, or vitamin B1. Continue reading →